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Manini Waka4(G) Medium Battery HakaAnother 4 Medium Battery haka with a translation kindly provided by Sergeant Vic Wehipeihana. In this haka the "waka" are an allusion to the actual guns of the Battery being brought into action at speed. Kaea: Manini Waka ! (Many Canoes!) Katoa: Hi! Kaea: Tere Waka! (Fast Canoes!) Katoa: Hi! Kaea: Tere ki Tai! (Heading for the seas!) Katoa: Hi! Kaea: Neke Nekehia (Side by side!) Katoa: Hi! Kaea: Hapa Hapainga! (Comrades in Arms!) Katoa: Hi! Kaea: Ko 4 Medium Battery E Nguru Nei! (Alas it is 4 Medium Battery!) Katoa: Hi Au Au Aue Ha! Hi!
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