The family of Queanbeyan man Isaac Cotter sought permission from Government House to rise from the audience and give a traditional Maori call and acknowledgement to him as he received his OAM from Governor-General Sam Mostyn on Thursday morning
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00:00Ngā mahi o ngā māteu e tīpuna e, nau mai rā, piki mai rā, nau mai rā e.
00:09Ngā hōtoto, hōtoto, kō tū heka ana, kō rongo heka ana, kō teua, hō pō tū,
00:17hō taina tōku kawana e, heka mātou ka maunga, ka wiwini, kawana tā,
00:24rā pata tōu ki te rongi, rā kurati, whānau, whānau, haramai te tōki,
00:32haumila, huiai, taikiri e.
00:38Ka tū koe i te kai o ngā waka tīpuna, ati, ataakitumu, me wai te kau.
00:43Ka tū koe ki mai i o maunga, tō mata o maunga āti i tiranga.
00:48E rerana ngā wai, o ngā wāwai e, e rere tērāna ki te moana nui ākiva.
00:54Rangi āhua te marae, o tamaterangi te tīpuna, e kia ana te kōrero,
00:58o hea o te rangi kauhia, o mātou rūhumu te manu kārereae, ati hei, mauri ora.