To perform haaka with full maana is to make the unseen world visible and turn a memory into living lightning and remind everyone that authority dignity and lifeforce remain unbroken
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In the red dawn over Rangitikei
where the river sings through stone
we plant our feet like ancient tūpuna roots
wide as the whenua deep as bone
Ka mate Ka mate
No we choose the fire not the grave
Ka ora Ka ora
The heart roars back unafraid
a slave to nothing but the blood that gave
these thighs thunder eyes blaze
Tenei te tangata puhuruhuru
nana i how maiden moon from night
who split the dark with one fierce cry
and taught the stars to burn more bright
Ring the hands like patu striking sky
slap the chest where mana lies
tongue a taiaha carving air
pukana eyes that terrorize
every doubt every coward lie
This is no dance this is the land
standing up inside our skins
the mountain rising in our throats
the ocean pounding through our shins
From Ruapehus snow crowned head
to the white surf of Te Waipounamu
every stomp sends shock waves through
the marrow of the world we come from
We are the storm that walks upright
the earthquake wearing human form
the unbroken line of warriors born
carrying yesterday into the fight
of now of always of unborn
Let the weak knees tremble let them fall
we do not perform we become
the voice of every ancestors call
rolled into one defiant drum
Ka mate Ka mate
We answer with a living roar
Ka ora Ka ora
Tihei mauri ora
This is the breath this is the war
we win by daring to be more
haaka is a tool of resistance revival and pride