Tane (Waikato, Waikato)
Ko te whakatauāki
Tane: Waikato!
Waikato te iwi
Tane: Waikato!
Waikato te awa
Tane: Waikato!
He piko he taniwha
Tane: Waikato
Tainui ra te waka
Nāhau ra te mana
Ko koe te mokopuna
Tihei Mauri Ora
Te Ariki, Te Ariki, Te Arikinui
(Te kupu a Te Whiti korikori e te iwi ki a ngāueue a tauiwi e) Tane: Ko te kupu
Pīoioi ana te piriti Waikato e
Kei taka koe e hine
He wahine tū tika e
Aue, ka rere ra
Aue aue ka rere ra
E te manu ki tona Tauranga e
Me te rangimārie
(Tane: Hi Aue!)
Me te rangimārie
(Katoa) Timatangia Te Puea
He pou whenua, he pou tangata heoi e te iwi e – Ka hoki)
(Katoa) Ka hoki matou e te iwi e, me te aroha
Ki kawhia whenua, ki kawhia tangata
Whaingaroa te moana
Pukepuke te huinga o te tapu
O kārewa
Kei waho ahau, ka hoki mai ki te tumu o Tainui
(He aha rā)
He aha rā, He mahi mo runga I
te marae e tū nei
E ko te hono ki te Kotahitanga
Ki te kingi Māori e tū nei
Tane: E tū nei, Hi!