Here are the words of a beautiful waiata about colours . . . . .
Kahurangi the colour of the sky Kakariki the colour of the grass And there's Kowhai, the lovely kowhai tree With its yellow flowers for us to see Kahurangi, kakariki, kowhai, ngatae
Ma is white as the whitest, whitest snow Whero red like the rata flower's glow Mix them together and what do you think? You get Mawhero, the colour we call pink. Kahurangi, kakariki, kowhai, ngatae
Black is night time and pango is it's name Brown is Uru, purauri means the same Kiwikiwi is grey like rainy skies Karaka orange like flames of distant fires Kahurangi, kakariki, kowhai, ngatae
Practise the correct pronunciation of the Maori colour words. Click on this link . . .