E mahi ana a Āpirana Ngata i tana waiata ā-ringa ki Te Tai Rāwhiti i te tau 1938. Nā Ngata i rongonui ai te waiata ā-ringa. Nāna hoki ngā waiata Pākehā i whakamāori, ā, he wā ka tīkina ngā rangi hei kīnaki ki āna kupu Māori. Tuatahi ake ka titoa a ‘Karangatia rā’ mō ngā mōrehu o te hokowhitu Māori i hoki mai i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao. Ko tētahi kaupapa o te waiata, ko te matenga o Wī Pere i te tau 1915.
Ko tēnei tauira o te waiata i tīkina mai i te ōrorongo o te whakatuwheratanga o Uepōhatu ki Ruatōria i te tau 1947. Kua rawekehia ngā kupu kia whakamihia a Ngata me Ngāti Porou mō ngā whakapau kaha ki te pakanga.
Karangatia rā, karangatia rā
Pōwhiritia rā
Ngā iwi o te motu
Ngā mano tēnei
Haere mai
He hui aroha
Mō ngā hōia
Ngau te aroha me te mamae
Haere mai e ngā iwi
Haere mai e ngā toa
Nau mai te kawana
Ngā mana tiketike
Honoa mai te aroha
Haere mai
Ngā ōhākī a ngā tūpuna
Ngau nei te aroha me te mamae
Nāu rā e Api
Nāu rā e Porou
Wero ki taku uma
Titi rawa i te manawa
Oho ana te mauri, āue rā
Taonga tuku iho a ngā tūpuna
Ngau nei te aroha me te mamae, hī
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
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