Aotea+Scenery

=Aotea Scenery= || // Aotea Aotea // // So beautiful and free // // What is it that connects you and me? // // Is it my heritage? // // Or is it the sea? //
 * [[image:http://aoteamoana.co.nz/scenery/waterfall.jpg width="240" height="180"]] || [[image:http://aoteamoana.co.nz/scenery/sunset.jpg width="256" height="192"]] || [[image:http://aoteamoana.co.nz/scenery/DSC00016.jpg width="256" height="192"]] ||
 * [[image:http://aoteamoana.co.nz/scenery/karioi.jpg width="257" height="168"]]

// I've seen your many faces in a storm // // And through the blistering heat // // I have felt your frost upon my feet // // And still you are so beautiful to me. //

// The pohutukawas that shower your landscape // // With crimson red like a sunset. // // I've walked your hills, // // Fished your waters, // // Swam your rivers, // // And have slipped on your black sand. //

// I know of a place where the flounders roam // // Of a giant, a stone lizard // // And a taniwha hole // // Where time stands still // // Where your people chant and sing their songs // // Of your mountains // // And of ancestors passed on //

// Aotea Aotea // // You'll always be home to me // // No matter where I roam // // My heart yearns // // My thoughts turn // // And I'm glad to see you // // And my Uncle John ... //

// by Davis Apiti // || ||