About

Te Rautaki o te iwi (Our Mission)

Kia whakatu:

Te mana rangatiratanga,

Te mana Taiao,

Mo ngā Uri whakaheke o Ngāti Tara Tokanui

Uphold:

my inherited authority,

my right to the world,

the authority of my ancestors

my descendants yet to come

Te Kitenga (Our Vision)

Mana-Motuhake:

mo ngā Uri a muri, mo tatou katoa.

Sovereignty for our children yet to come

For us all today

Traditionally the eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Tara Tokanui and Ngāti Koi was Tara.

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Oral History records that he migrated from Maungatautari in the late 16th century and established pā and kāinga in and around the Paeroa township, the Hauraki Plains area, and through the Karangahake Gorge to Waihi township.

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Tara himself was the younger brother of Te Kauwahata and Tukorehu and they were the Great Grand Children of Raukawa.

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He was also a first cousin of Marutuahu.

The iwi name of Ngāti Tara Tokanui signifies the compact which was formed through the intermarriage between Te Awapu of Ngāti Tara and Te Rae of Ngāti Hako.

The iwi Ngāti Tara also whakapapa to Marama (Ngamarama) through, firstly, her marriage to Hoturoa and, secondly, through Tarawa of Ngāti Hako and Ngamarama