Na Pihanga Maunga te papa marearea i whakawatea mai ki tona putake hei Marae atea mona, ara ko te Paepaetapu o nga maunga. Nona te ringa powhiri ka tukuna ki te ao, me tona wai e karanga tonu ana ki waho ki te moana. . Katahi ka tu mai taku whare ki te Whenua Waipapa, hei whakawaiutanga ma tatou o Ngati Turangitukua e! Tuwharetoa ite Aupouri, nests on the Whenua Waipapa, the nurturing whenua of Pihanga Maunga. Our Wharepuni is where the Ngati Turangitukua world comes together in close embrace. With Papa below and Ranginui above, our Wharepuni is our home and our wananga, our tupuna and our turangawaewae. When the Whare was built the Pou were designed to establish Ngati Turangitukua on the Whenua Wapapa. Five Key Pillars of our Ngati Turangitukua identity Te Hau o Tunono - the backbone tahuhu is the ancestral breath of our tupuna, Tunono, father of Turangitukua the man. It is the wind that rolls along the Tongariro River and binds us together as Hau Kainga,
Te Hau o Tunono is the MAURI,the living breath of our Turangitukua whenua.
Rongomai - the rearwall post in Rongomai Atua, personal kaitiaki guardian of Ngatorirangi and spiritual protector of Tuwharetoa.
We acknowledge the MANA Atua and TAPU of all things
Ronomaitengangana - the back post is the eldest son of Tuwharetoa and Paekitawhiti, The Whakapapa that links us all to the MANA Ariki from Ngati Tuwharetoa Turangitukua - the Poutokomanawa, the heart post securely establishes Turangitukua upon the Whenua Waipapa, the Kanohi Kitea who uphold the MANA a Hapu of this place and speaks with the authority of the PapaKainga
. Poukopa - the front post on the porch of the wharepuni links the whanau of Ngati Turangitukua back to our tupuna whare. Poukopa and his twin brother Poutomuri were the youngest children of Tuwharetoa, it is the MANA a whanau that allows each Whanau to stand tall upon the land, confident that the hapu is theere to support them
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