Panguru Area School

Mission

Ko te taumata, ko te taumata,
kei ngaro i te tirohanga.
Ko te taumata, ko te taumata,
kia toa tatou, kia manawanui.

Panguru maunga, he maunga tapu koe,
iringa korero o nga maatua tupuna.

Kitea ana koe i tawhiti noa e,
herea rawatia, potaea e te kohu.

Tu tonu mai ra, e nga whare tupuna,
i runga i nga marae i waiho iho e,
E noho, me noho te taumata o te whare, .
Kia puritia ai te tapu me te mana.

Ma wai e taurima nga marae e hora nei?
Te tika, te pono, kia mau te aroha.
Ma tatou, taitama, ma tatou, e hine ma
E hapai, tautoko nga taumata korero.

 May we never lose sight of the heights,
Summits and peaks of life.
With perseverance may we achieve our visions,
Ambitions and dreams.

Panguru mountain, you are indeed sacred,
The words of wisdom of past generations are enshrined on you.
From afar you can be seen, though – at times you shroud yourself with mist.

May you, our ancestral houses, stand firmly on the marae,
which have been left to our generation.
May the orators and leaders occupy your
taumata of oratory and leadership, and so
maintain the tapu and mana of our people.

Who will be the sentries, the pillars of our marae?
Justice, integrity and love must be the foundations.
Let us, young people, strive for knowledge that will,
In time, become wisdom with age and experience.

Te Kura Taumata o Panguru