in the beginning there was decora the nothingness out of this great nothingness came there pour the night there for the long night the porn we the great night eventually came they utter the dawn [Applause] behold there was running we the sky father with his beloved Papa - enugu the earth mother in his arms one of their children tane mahuta forced them far apart the sky father above the earth mother below as the universe was created so was the lamb goat Anita korero our Maori tiki-tiki Arthur Amma met the water our Maori Maori Maori the favored son Maori born with magical powers Maui the trickster Maori the fisherman Maori said to his brothers you must paddle far out to sea paddle out to town Eko the great fishing grounds poi are are there what carne and so they paddled far out to sea so far out to sea that all sight of land was lost ah said Maori what they made their wife this is the place doc Amato said Maori my fishhook now we made the official from the jawbone of his grandmother the fewer Maui Donna ah-hoo Maui cast his line [Applause] [Music] [Music] a pool on the fishing line was the signal oh where cried his brothers he has a good catch of fish he kanui who little Yahoo cried Maui I have a great fish king he he at the Econo chanted mouth Paul Paul Paul the great fish [Music] and so it was that Maui did indeed catch a great fish deca on Maui the fish of Maui became the North Island of New Zealand [Applause] noreda a corridor not a white podium our rocky and his brothers left on a voyage to visit their earth mother papa - enugu when disaster struck their water became stranded upon a reef in the ocean to save themselves they climbed on top of the great canoe and the cold south wind froze them turning them to stone and so the great land was born the great water became the South Island of New Zealand the brothers became particular mountains and peaks of car city TV or dem wanna the Southern Alps and our rocky the tallest of the brothers became its highest peak standing proud our rocky the Guardian our rocky dirt were sailing north on our own Walker we come to Tamaki Makaurau the Tamaki region that is Auckland has a rich heritage of waka that crossed them one and we are Kira the mighty Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to outer roar the many water throughout the land have shaped our landscape our people and our traditions today a new worker tradition waka Maori is led by Nancy Potter Oh rocky and today the descendants of Tamaki Makaurau Nazi Party week March apart wahoo or arcade the hapu call to you welcome you jihei mauriora you