Morning Prayer: Benedicite Aotearoa

O give thanks to our God who is good:

Whose love endures forever.

You sun and moon, you stars of the southern sky

give to our God your thanks and praise.

Sunrise and sunset, night and day:

give to our God your thanks and praise.

All mountains and valleys, grassland and scree,

glacier, avalanche, mist and snow:

give to our God your thanks and praise.

You kauri and pine, rata and kowhai, mosses and ferns:

give to our God your thanks and praise.

Dolphins and kahawai, sealion and crab,

coral, anemone, pipi and shrimp:

give to our God your thanks and praise.

Rabbits and cattle, moths and dogs,

kiwi and sparrow and tui and hawk:

give to our God your thanks and praise.

You Maori and Pakeha, women and men,

all who inhabit the long white cloud:

give to our God your thanks and praise.

All you saints and martyrs of the South Pacific:

give to our God your thanks and praise.

All prophets and priests, all cleaners and clerks,

professors, shop workers, typists and teachers,

job-seekers, invalids, drivers and doctors:

give to our God your thanks and praise.

All sweepers and diplomats, writers and artists,

grocers, carpenters, students and stock-agents,

seafarers, farmers, bakers and mystics:

give to our God your thanks and praise.

All children and infants, all people who play:

give to our God your thanks and praise.

(A New Zealand Prayer Book, 64)