Words: Amokura Panoho Photo: Birgit Krippner
PEPEHA
Ko Tainui te waka
Ko Whitirēia te maunga
Ko Parirua te awa
Ko Raukawakawa te moana
Ko Ngāti Toa Rangatira te iwi
Ko Takapūwāhia te marae
Ko Toarangatira te whare tupuna
Tainui is my waka
Whitirēia is my mountain
Parirua is my river
Raukawakawa my sea
Ngāti Toa Rangatira is my tribe
Takapūwāhia is my marae
Toarangatira is my ancestral house
