The three pou (poles) of the sculpture are representative of a flax bush (harakeke) with the parents on the outside protecting the tamariki (children) in the centre. It also symbolises the Scouts Aotearoa New Zealand logo, the fleur-de-lis and is stained purple to further link the pou to scouting and to represent the pūrimu (purple cockle) that were abundant in the area when it was an estuary.

To the right is the direction of the sea so this has morimori, Hine-Moana (atua of shellfish and waterways) and clay tiles pressings from the beach. To the left the land (whenua) rises into the Kaweka and Ruahine ranges so the tiles have pressings from those areas with Hine-Rau-Wharangi (atua of leafy plants) and a flax bush (harakeke) on one side and a manu (bird) on the other. The manu represents all birds including the bellbird (koromiko) that sings in our forests, the seagulls that search our shores and the weka who were abundant at or local Weka Point Scout Camp where one of the first scout troops in New Zealand was formed (Greendale/Tamatea Scout Group is a direct descendant of this troop). In the centre is Tāne-Nui-A-Rangi, the atua of flora, fauna & humanity.

Posts are recycled telephone poles and the wheku heads are concrete. The clay tiles were pressed by youth and leaders from the Greendale/Tamatea Scout Group and then pit fired on the beach at the mouths of our rivers.