Ehara i te mea (It is not a new thing)

This is version of a Māori song from New Zealand composed by Eru Timoko Ihaka (1876-1937) and arranged Nick Prater.

Ehara i te mea

Ehara i te mea
Nō ināianei te aroha
Nō ngā tūpuna
Tuku iho tuku iho

Whakapono tūmanako
Te aroha ki te iwi
Nō ngā tūpuna
Tuku iho tuku iho

Te whenua te whenua
Te oranga mo te iwi
Nō ngā tūpuna
Tuku iho tuku iho

Not the thing
of recent times, is love
but by the ancestors it has been
passed down, passed down.

From the land, the land
comes the wellbeing of the people;
by the ancestors it has been
passed down, passed down.

Faith, hope
and love;
by the ancestors they have been
passed down, passed down.

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