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Anyone who lives in Palmerston North (Te Papaioea) can use this generic Pepeha to introduce themselves.
It was composed by Tahi Gotty, a really great teacher of te reo Maori.
Huge thanks to him for sharing it with everybody!
I also thank Nuwyne Te Awe Awe Mohi for her advice and input.
The English translation is my own. I'm no expert, and I've chosen words that help make it fit in the song better, but at least it gives you an idea of what the meaning is.

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Te Reo Maori:

Tenei te ringa o te tangata
e noho nei ki raro i te marumaru
o Tararua maunga
e rere te awa o Manawatū
ki te Papaioea
te kainga o nga tini whetu
ki te rangi
ko Rangitāne
ki te whenua

English:

This is the hand of the person
that thrives under the shelter
of the Tararua ranges
and there flows the mighty Manawatū [river]
into Palmerston North
that's the place [settlement] where,
as many as the stars in the sky
are the Rangitāne people
on the land

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from From Bog To Swamp, released May 11, 2018
Bing Turkby: guitar, bass, tenor banjo, vocals
Adam Crawford: drums

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The Bing Turkby Ensemble Palmerston North, New Zealand

In 1996 the Bing Turkby Ensemble was one man, a wig and a tape deck. The band now features this cast of miscreants: Tyrone T. Blowhard (sax), Slapskins McBOOOm (drums), and Ajax MacDeth (bass).

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