K MP3 sound clip of the 1st verse (all three verses have the same tune). Ngoi Pewhairangi & Dalvanius Prime, 1985 As sung by Cara Pewhairangi and the Patea M?ori Club. From the 1985 Dalvanius Prime/Ngoi Pewhairangi production Poi-E The Musical . Cara is Ngoi Pewhairangi's grandaughter. Listen to this 168 K MP3 sound clip of a line of the chorus (all four lines are the same) and of the 1st verse (all three verses have the same tune). Rikihana has "e tau e" but on the Pewhairangi CD track they sing "e tau nei" Inia te Wiata, 1966 The song is possibly older than this, but I found this on Inia te Wiata's Waiata M?ori, a festival of M?ori song Listen to operatic bass singer Inia te Wiata and the NZ Maori Theatre Chorus in this 1966 recording, which has recently been re-released on CD by Kiwi Pacific International (Wellington CD SLC 225). Here is a youtube recording of a Ngati Kahungunu group singing it. Welcome, welcome all the tribes welcome onto the courtyard all of us gathered here. Young women, young men uplift your Maori prestige to float on high I a ha ha All the tribes Welcome welcome. First one then later three weapons as a protection for the lofty sacred house known throughout the world This be I standing alert noticed by all women and all things tremble. Notes Usually the Haere mai verse is sung, then repeated raised one key up, then the Tahi mihi