Ko Wai Tātou | About us
I tupu ake au i ngā rara o taku matua
I poipoingia ake au i ngā pakitara o te tupuna
Te kiwai toro haere i roto i te tinana
Te mana
Te tapu
Te ihi
Papatūānuku
Tini Waitara e
Ka wehe aku matua ki tuawhenua
Ngā tira wairua
Ka mahue mokemoke
Taku kai he roimata i te ao i te pō
Mata tū tonu ake ngā tira kahurangi e
Uhia iho au ki te kaka a kuia i taku taha
Ko taku tūrangawaewae a Papatūānuku
Tini Waitara
Ka haruru anō te tapuwae
Ko te honore nui o taku tupuna
Te Horotaraipi e
Tihei Mauri ora!
Nau mai, tauti mai ki runga i a Tini Waitara!
Ko Paraekaretū te maunga
Ko Turakina te awa
Ko Te Horotaraipi rāua ko Taraipi o Oro ngā wharepuni
Ko Te Oranga te wharekai
Ko Te Mangungu te whare karakia
Ko Tini Waitara te marae
Tini Waitara is home to the Ngāti Tamawaina, Ngāti Hinewai, Ngāti Rangitūmoana, Ngāti Rangipuhi, Ngāti Tupataua, Ngāti Hika Pirau, Ngāti Ika, Ngāti Tumoetere, Ngāti Kiriwheke hapū and all people who make up the Ngā Ariki collective of the Ngā Wairiki me Ngāti Apa iwi. Our marae stands on the land of our tūpuna, where whakapapa and histories live on. We are embraced by the warmth of every generation to go before us and every descendant who is still yet to come. Resting on the banks of the Turakina river, Tini Waitara remains an āhuru mōwai for all those who gather upon the whenua.
Whakarauika mai! Nau mai, hoki mai ki te kāinga!
