"He ao te rangi ka uhia, a, ma te huruhuru te manu ka rere"
"Clouds adorn the heavens, and with feathers a bird can fly"
Paramount Chief Tamaterangi of Ngāi Tamaterangi, Kahungūnu.
As my ancestor has described, I too will adorn myself with my Tūhoetanga, my Kahungūnutanga and my Ngāti Tokitanga, so that I might fly to the Panekiiretanga o te ao Māori.
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