Moana Nui is a Polynesian-inspired song about crossing the great ocean, holding on through the storm, and finding your way home.

A voyager sets out across Moana Nui - the vast ocean - guided by the sea, the heavens, the knowledge carried by those before him, and the hope of returning to the people waiting beyond the horizon.

From the first light of dawn to rough seas, warm rain, stars in the night sky, the reef ahead, and finally his hands touching the shore again, this is a story of courage, faith, belonging, gratitude, and homecoming.

🌊 MOANA NUI

Tahitian Lyrics
Te ata haere mai
Aue e Moana Nui
E tai e horo te ao
E hoe ana vau i raro i te mahana  

E tia'i mai te fenua
I muri noa i te pae
Ta'u mana'o, he manu
E rerere i ni'a i te tai  

Chorus
Moana Nui, e Moana Nui
A rave mai i ta'u miti iti
Tai Ari'i, e arata'i mai
I raro i Te Hiapo mai Ra'i  

E ho'i atu vau, e ho'i
I te fenua here a te 'ura o te mahana  

Verse 2
Are Matua e upa nei
I raro i te huti a te matangi
E parau mai te aue
“Aita 'oe e 'ani, e tae atu i te 'ōfa'i”  

E ta'iri te reva i mua
Te 'āmahana mai te 'uā
Tei reira to'u fare
E 'ata mai ai to outou mata  

Bridge
O oe anei, Moana Nui?
(Moana Nui)

E 'oro'a to'u i roto i a oe
(i roto i a oe)

Tai Ari'i, a paruru mai
(paruru mai)

Are Matua, a faahaa mai i te hupe'a
(hupe'a… hupe'a…)

Te Hiapo mai Ra'i
Te punavai o te toa
Te iri tamau i ni'a i to matou hoe
E tia'i mai te hu'a 'ofai  

Final Chorus
Moana Nui, e Moana Nui
Ua faahou to'u rima i te one
Tai Ari'i, ua mauruuru
I to 'oe paruru i raro i Te Hiapo mai Ra'i  

Ua tae atu vau, ua tae
I to'u fenua here, i to outou o'e'a  

Tekoa Waves creates Polynesian-inspired music centered on faith, hope, identity, peace, family, and home.

If Moana Nui speaks to you, share it with someone whose heart still remembers home. 🌊

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