Puoro Wananga Oct 09 - 05 - Hongoeka Marae, Wharenui, Tahuhu
Tāhuhu: see description of this photo
Kōwhaiwhai: Mana Atua, Mana Whenua, Mana Tangata (top left)
Toi te kupu, toi te mana, toi te whenua.
The word is art, the mana is the source, the earth is the origins (but there are lots of ways to interpret this)
This is the motif found all around the marae, which combines leaves (mana whenua), the faces of people as they hongi (mana tangata), or the face of a god (mana atua). It also incorporates the colours of past, present and future.
Kōwhaiwhai: Whanaungatanga (bottom right)
E hara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini.
This pattern celebrates the strength of the ties that bond people of a same kinship, from the past and coming in the future.