Ētehi maumahara pai ōna
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Ko tētahi maumahara pai, i tērā tau, i rēhi tōku māma i Iron Māori. I rēhi ia i roto i te hāwhe Iron Māori; e rua ngā kiromita kauhoe, iwa tekau ngā kiromita paihikara me rua tekau mā tahi kiromita oma. Ki runga i tērā rā i mataku ahau mō tōku māmā, nā te mea, i whakaaro au ka whara ia. Engari, karekau. I whakaoti ia i te hāwhe Iron Māori i roto i e rima ngā hāora, me te rima tekau mā whitu miniti.

Ko tētahi maumahara pai anō ki tōku māmā, i haere māua ki tētehi haerenga huri noa i te ao. I haere māua ki te Takutai Koura, Poihākena, Rānana, Te Aporonui me Hawaiiki. He haerenga tino pārekareka tēnā. 

Ko te aroha te tino tikanga o tōku waiata. Ko te whiti tuatahi e pā ana ki tō māua māma, i whakatipu i a māua, ngā wāhine ātaahua. Ko te māreikura he kaitiaki mō Io Matua Kore. Ko te uha he wahine anō. Ko tō māua māma he wahine takitahi. Ko ia anake i whakatipu māua ko Lou. He wahine motuhake ia. I whakaako ia ki ahau māua ko Lou ki te tū motuhake. 

Ko te whiti tuarua e pā ana ki tōku māma. He wahine manaaki ia. He wahine tautoko ia. I hanga ia I tētahi kāinga aroha, me tētahi kāinga mahana. 

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Ko te whiti tuarua, e pā ana, ki tōku māma. Ko ia tōku poutokomanawa, nā te mea, i tautoko ia i ahau i tōku wā pōuri. Ko ia te toitoi manawa ki ahau. Kei te hiahia ahau ki te whai i ōna tapuwae. ​

I te rā nei, i tuhi au i tētehi pepeha hou i roto i tōku akomanga. Ko tēnei pepeha he kōrero tairitenga.

Ka titiro atu ki te tihi o Ruapehu, e kōhimuhimu ana ia ki te rangi.
E mātakitaki ana a Ruapehu ki Whanganui e rere ana mai ia ki te moana.
Ko Whanganui he āhuru mōwai mō ngā tāngata nō Te Āti Haunui-a-pāpārangi.
I ārahi Aotea i a mātou mai i Rangiātea ki tēnei whenua tapu.
Ko Ngāti Hinearo me ngāti Tuera ngā muka nō te taura whiri o Hine Ngākau .
Ka tū kaha, ka tū tahi a mātou .
E rewa ana ngā tūrangawaewae; Ko Parikino, ko Pungarehu me Pūtiki i te taha o Whanganui.
Ko Hine Ngākau , ko au

Translation (Please note that this doesn't flow as well in te reo pakeha, in english)

Today, at kura, I wrote a new pepeha. This pepeha is more like a poem compared to my original.

Look up to the top of Ruapehu, who is whispering to the sky above.
She is watching Whanganui (the river) flowing from her to the ocean.
Whanganui is a safe haven for the people from Te Āti Haunui-a-pāpārangi (the iwi)
Aotea is the waka that lead us from Rangiatea to this sacred land.
Ngati Hinearo and Ngati Tuera are the threads of the woven rope of Hine Ngakau.
We stand strong, we stand as one.
On the side of our Whanganui river rests my marae; Parikino, Putiki and Pungarehu.
I am Hine Ngakau

Ko Aotea te waka
Ko Ruapehu te maunga
Ko Whanganui te awa
Ko Te Ātihaunui a Pāpārangi te iwi.
Ko Ngāti Hinearo te hāpu.​
Ko Parikino te marae



I hanga tōku marae i roto i kotahi mano, e waru rau, whitu tekau Ko te pūtake o te ingoa o tōku marae mai i ngā pari tino mōrearea i muri i te marae. I ngā  rā o mua, i heke tetehi tuupuna, mai i ngā pari i roto i te awa. 

​Ko Magdeline Sophie te ingoa o te whare karakia. I tapaina te ingoa o te whare karakia mai te māngai tāwhito a Sophie. I tukuna ōna karakia kī roto i te reo Rātini.​