Nau mai, haere mai

Kia ata whakatere i te waka, kei pariparia e te tai kei monehunehu te kura. Whakamarotia atu ano,
ka hoki mai ki te Kapua Whakapipi. Ka mate tangata kainga tahi, ka ora tangata kainga rua.

Tenei te mihi atu ki a koutou te whanau e noho atu ki o koutou kainga maha kei roto i tenei
ao whanui.

Nga mate huhua o te ao haere haere haere ki te po haere ki te ao marama.

Te hunga mate ki te hunga mate te hunga ora ki te hunga ora

Mauri Ora Kia Tatou.

Kia ora Ngati Tuwharetoa Whanui

It is with great pleasure that I offer these first words in respect of our web site and the amazing technology that brings us together. We are fortunate to have such tools today for us to be able to communicate with one another in Ngati Tuwharetoa, Aotearoa and globally.

Over 76 years ago our original Trust Board members had an arduous task fulfilling their communications to our people. The pen and typewriter are almost obsolete today as new technologies have come with the turn of a new era.

I encourage all of us to use these tools of the new era to assist us in protecting and maintaining
all those things that we are as Ngati Tuwharetoa and may I continue to wish us all the best for
our future.

Ma te atua koutou hei manaki hei tiaki piki te ora te kaha te maramatanga kia koutou katoa.

Tumu te Heuheu Tukino VIII
D.C.N.Z.M.