Ehara i te mea whakaohorere ko te tino whakataukī a Te Manahau, "Me ūpoko pakaru te karawhiu" e āhua whakapākehātia ana ki te "give it heaps" i kōrerotia e Rangitihi, ko tētahi o ōna tīpuna. Kei roto i tōna toto te hiahia kia whai oranga kore pereki.