Ngati Kuta - A Vibrant Hapu

Whakapapa o Ngati Kuta

Ko Rakaumangamanga te maunga
Ko Ipipiri te moana
Ko Te Rawhiti te marae,
Ko Te Pere-te Mauri o Patukeha me Ngati Kuta, te wharehui
Ko Te Rawhiti War Memorial Dining Hall, te wharekai
Ko Ngati Kuta me Patu Keha nga hapu
Ko Ngapuhi-nui-Tonu te Iwi
Nga Kaitiaki o nga taonga tuku iho
 
Rakaumangamanga is the mountain
Ipipiri is the sea
Te Rawhiti is the marae
The Bell -the life force of Patukeha and Ngati Kuta, is the meeting house
Te Rawhiti War Memorial Dining Hall is the dining hall
Ngati Kuta and Patu Keha are the two hapu
Ngapuhi-nui-tonu is the tribe
The guardians of the treasures handed down.

The house of Nga Puhi

He mea hanga tenei toku whare
Ko Ranginui e titiro iho nei te tuanui
Ko Papatuanuku te paparahi
Ko nga maunga nga poupou
Pihanga Tohora titiro ki Te Ramaroa
Te Ramaroa titiro ki Whiria
Ko te paiaka o te riri, te kawa o Rahiri
Whiria titiro ki Panguru ki Papata, te rakau e tu papata ki Te Tai Hauauru
Panguru–Papata titiro ki Maunga Taniwha-whakarongorua
Maunga-taniwha titiro ki Tokerau
Tokerau titiro ki Rakaumangamanga
Rakaumangamanga titiro ki Manaia
Manaia titiro ki Tutamoe
Tutamoe titiro ki Maunganui
Maunganui titiro ki Pihanga Tohora
Ko tenei te wharetapu o Nga Puhi-nuitonu.
 
A house is constructed thus
The sky father is the roof
The earth mother is the floor
The mountains are the posts
Pihanga Tohora faces Te Ramaroa
Te Ramaroa faces Whiria
The taproot of strife, the custom of Rahiri
Whiria faces Panguru-Papata, the trees bent by the western wind
Panguru-Papata faces Maunga Taniwha that hears
both the eastern and western coasts
Maunga Taniwha faces Tokerau
Tokerau faces Rakaumangamanga
Rakaumangamanga faces Manaia
Manaia faces Tutamoe
Tutamoe faces Maunganui
Maunganui faces Pihanga Tohora
This is the sacred house of everlasting Nga Puhi.

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