E ngä Iwi, e ngä reo, e ngä karangatanga maha o ngä hau e whä, tënei te mihi atu ki a koutou kätoa.

Mai i te Ahu a Turanga, ka rere iho ki te kainga o te Papai-o-ea, ka rere nei te Awa, ko te Manawatü tërä, nau mai ra ki te rohe nei.

Ki te mana whenua, Rangitäne, e kore e oti ngä mihi.

Ka tika me mihi atu ki te hunga kua wheturangitia, haere atu ra koutou, e moe, haere atu ra. Ko tätou ngä waihotanga ngä urupa maumahara o rätou ma, tënä huihui tätou kätoa.

He mihi whakatau tënei o te umanga ihi, ki ngä Reo, ki ngä Mana, ki ngä Maunga, ki ngä Awa o te Ao whanui kua tau mai ra ki tënei wharangi ipurangi, ka tika nau mai, haere mai, kuhu mai ra.

All peoples, all voices, and all alliances from the four winds…we greet you all.

From the peaks of our sacred mountains flowing through to our home land of Papaioea (Palmerston North); from our strong flowing river of the Manawatü, we warmly welcome you.

To the home people of; the tangata whenua, mana whenua of Rangitäne, words cannot express enough for our greetings to you, and we will never cease to greet you.

Warm is our welcome from the Ihi Company to you the voices, the strength, the mountains, the rivers from far and wide who have arrived to this web page….welcome!