Ngā Ara

Ngā Ara kawea
Au ki te kāinga
Aotearoa ki ngā Maunga
Kawea e ngā ara

He hiranga te whenua me ngā maunga rere ai ngā awa
Ora tūroa ake i ngā tī
Raro i ngā maunga me he hauangi

Ngā ara kawea au ki te kāinga
Aotearoa ki ngā Maunga kawea e ngā ara

All my memories gather 'round her
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye
Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
Aotearoa mountain mama
Take me home country roads

Ka rongo au i tana karanga 'Hoki mai'
Hoki mahara ki te kāinga rā kei tawhiti
Ka whakaaro au, 'Te āhua nei
Me hoki kē ahau inanahi, nanahi!'

Ngā ara kawea au ki te kainga
Aotearoa ki ngā Maunga kawea e ngā ara