E kore e taea e te whenu kotahiki te raranga i te whâriki
kia môhio tâtou kiâ tâtou.
Mâ te mahi tahi ô ngâ whenu,
mâ te mahi tahi ô ngâ kairaranga,
ka oti tçnei whâriki.
I te otinga
me titiro tâtou ki ngâ mea pai ka puta mai.
 tana wâ,
me titiro hoki
ki ngâ raranga i makere
nâ te mea, he kôrero ano kei reira.
The tapestry of undertanding
can not be woven by one strand alone.
Only by the working together of strands
and the working together of weavers
will such a tapestry be completed.
With its completion
let us look at the good that comes from it
and, in time we should also look
at those stitches which have been dropped,
because they also have a message.
