MANA TŪPUNA
OUR PEOPLE ARE OUR HISTORY
OUR PEOPLE ARE OUR HISTORY
This whakatauki acknowledges the kaumātua and ruruhi (elders) of our marae and communities who helped raise us to become the prominent leaders tweare today. It's “about the survival of our Māori culture within our next generations.
1802 - 28 Dec 1899
1810 - 1851
1825 - 18 March 1908
1838 - 10 June 1916
21 Jun 1881 - 18 Dec 1955
Ngāti Maru - Kirikiri, Thames, New Zealand
14 Sep 1886 - 13 Aug 1964
Te Whānau Apanui - Omaio
Ngati Hikairo, Kawhia 1878 - 11 Jan 1940
Ngāti Koata/Ngāti Tāhinga 1875 - 24 Sep 1936
Mangere Piriti Urupā - Saint James Cemetry
1977 - 11 Jan 1940
Poihakena Marae Urupā
18 Aug 1910 - 14 Jun 1967
9 Nov 1909 - 27 Sep 1980
31 May 1931 - Jan 2022
7 Nov 1936
26 Dec 1959
26 Nov 1958
20 Nov 1981
9 Jun 1983
31 Mar 1988
15 Jul 1992
5 Sep 2015
4 May 2017