Whakataukī

Care for the land, care for the people, and move forward.

• Manaaki whenua, manaaki tangata, haere whakamua.

• Ahakoa he iti matakahi, ka pakaru i a ia te tōtara.

• Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora te iwi.

• E tū i te i te uru kahikatea.

Although the wedge is small, it overcomes the tōtara.

• Manaaki whenua, manaaki tangata, haere whakamua.

• Ahakoa he iti matakahi, ka pakaru i a ia te tōtara.

• Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora te iwi.

• E tū i te i te uru kahikatea.

With your food basket and mine, the iwi will thrive.

• Manaaki whenua, manaaki tangata, haere whakamua.

• Ahakoa he iti matakahi, ka pakaru i a ia te tōtara.

• Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora te iwi.

• E tū i te i te uru kahikatea.

Let’s band together.

• Manaaki whenua, manaaki tangata, haere whakamua.

• Ahakoa he iti matakahi, ka pakaru i a ia te tōtara.

• Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora te iwi.

• E tū i te i te uru kahikatea.

Humility is the bastion of greater thought.

• Ko te whakaiti te whare o te whakaaro nui.

• E kore te tōtara e tū noa i waenganui pārae, engari ka tū ki Te Wao Nui a Tāne.

• He waka eke noa.

• Kotahi te kōwhao o te ngīra e kuhuna ai te miro mā, te miro pango me te miro whero.

A tōtara does not stand alone, but lives in Tāne’s great forest.

• Ko te whakaiti te whare o te whakaaro nui.

• E kore te tōtara e tū noa i waenganui pārae, engari ka tū ki Te Wao Nui a Tāne.

• He waka eke noa.

• Kotahi te kōwhao o te ngīra e kuhuna ai te miro mā, te miro pango me te miro whero.

A canoe which we are all in without exception.

• Ko te whakaiti te whare o te whakaaro nui.

• E kore te tōtara e tū noa i waenganui pārae, engari ka tū ki Te Wao Nui a Tāne.

• He waka eke noa.

• Kotahi te kōwhao o te ngīra e kuhuna ai te miro mā, te miro pango me te miro whero.

There is but one eye of the needle through which the white thread, the black thread, and the red thread must traverse.

• Ko te whakaiti te whare o te whakaaro nui.

• E kore te tōtara e tū noa i waenganui pārae, engari ka tū ki Te Wao Nui a Tāne.

• He waka eke noa.

• Kotahi te kōwhao o te ngīra e kuhuna ai te miro mā, te miro pango me te miro whero.

If there is one toetoe stem, it will break. If they are bundled together, they will stand strong.

• Ki te kotahi te kākaho, ka whati. Ki te kāpuia, e kore e whati.

• Ruia taitea, ka tū ko taikākā anake.

• He tōtara wāhi rua, he kai nā te ahi.

• E kore a muri e hokia.

Shake off the sapwood and only the hardwood remains.

• Ki te kotahi te kākaho, ka whati. Ki te kāpuia, e kore e whati.

• Ruia taitea, ka tū ko taikākā anake.

• He tōtara wāhi rua, he kai nā te ahi.

• E kore a muri e hokia.