Local Kuia Marie Ashton has composed a new waiata for our community. We are very grateful to her for this new taonga. Once we have an audio recording we will post it here.

Nā Marie Ashton-Jones i tito i te tau 2026. He waiata tēnei i tākoha atu ki te rōpū tiaki i te whenua
me te moana o Whangateau.
(Nau mai, Haere Mai, a song composed by Marie Ashton-Jones in 2026 for the Kaitiaki group WRRA of the land and sea in Whangateau).

Haere mai,
Haere mai

Nau mai, haere mai (Welcome)

Nau mai, haere mai
E ngā-tangata (welcome people
Nau mai, haere mai
I- tēnei rā (Welcome today

Nau mai, haere mai

Ki tēnei whenua o Whangateau (Welcome on this land)

Whakapiri mai,

Whakatata mai, (Join come close)

Koutou katoa

Ko mātou ngā kaitiaki i tēnei whenua,
i te moana o Whangateau

We are the guardians of this land and Whangateau sea