Jonah My Pepeha

Pepeha Ko Jonah

Ko      Mt Wellington    toku maunga

(mountain)

Ko     Tamaki River    toku awa (River)

Ko     Holden       toku waka (canoe)

Ko     Samoa       toku iwi (tribe)

Ko    Palauli    toku marae (tribe)

No    Aotearoa    ahau (where from)

Kei    Point England   toku kainga inaianei 

(I live now)

Ko      St Pius    toku kura (school)

Ko     Mulipola    toku whanau (family)

Ko    Tusa    toku matua (father)

Ko    Mariah    toku whaea (mother)

Ko    Jonah    toku ingoa (your name)

No reira, tena koutou, tena tatou katoa.

(Therefore, greetings to you, greetings to us all.)