Ko tatau ia o ratau morehu, ia ora tatau.

E hika ma, anei ra wetahi o nga tukunga korero mo matau mai i o matau tipuna tae mai ki a matau i te wa. Ehara wenei i te korero whakahihi mo matau ano, engari he whakatakoto tika i nga korero, i runga ano o te kaika o te ngakau kei he, kei kotiti ranei nga korero mena ka taka ma tetahi ke atu e tuku nga korero. Heoi ko wenei panui kupu na matau ano i tuhi ehara ke na raua tangata ke. Ko te tumanako ia o te ngakau ma wenei korero ka tino marama te hinengaro ko wai tenei iwi a Ngati Porou. Ka takoto hoki ki konei nga korero mo to matau maunga tapu mo Hikurangi tae atu ki te tokomaha noa o te korero.

Me waiho ki konei wenei kupu whakamarama ki a koutou, a, ma Te Atua nga manaakitanga ki a tatou katoa.

To all who may view this website on Ngati Porou, I extend to you a warm and cordial welcome as you traverse in print, into aspects of our history, traditions and customs. What is contained in this website are our perspective of who we are and what we deem to be of paramount importance to us as an Iwi. While we may share cultural features and aspects in common with other Iwi, never-the-less there are, as with other Iwi, idiosyncratic characteristics of history, historic sites, mountains and customs and traditions which are ours alone, and in our revelations we touch on some of these.

It is our fervent hope that you will find the information , prepared and written by our own people, to be both enlightening and interesting. You will read of our sacred Mountain Hikurangi, our Iwi, Waka (s), profiles of ancestors and from these glean some insights into who we are as well as the great pride we have in being Ngati Porou.

Once again welcome to Ngati Porou.

Kia Ora
Apirana Mahuika
Chairman
Te Runanga O Ngati Porou

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