"Children Are Our Treasure"
Hutia te rito o te harakeke
Kei whea te komako e ko
E patai atu ahau ki a koe
Ka kii mai koe
He tamariki, he tamariki, he tamariki
When you pluck from the flax plant its most tender shoot
From where will the bellbird sing?
Let me ask you,
What is the most important thing in this world?
And you will reply
It is children, it is children, it is children.