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The Hitori o Mangatowai

by paulinemore on 23 Aug 2010

 
Ko Kario te Maunga (Kario is the mountain)
Ko Mimiti te Awa (Mitmiti is the creek)
Ko Patau te Tapu (Patau is the cemetery)
Te Wahapu ko Waimahana (Waimahana is the entrance to the bay from the ocean)
Ko Mangatowai Te Marae

Enei nga Hitoria o Mangatowai
(The History of Mangatowai)
Mo nga korero o raroiho nei.
Koia enei nga Tuhinga Hitoria I mahara I mou I taku tuakana me hau Rawiri na reira ka mihi ki nga matua tupuna moe eni taonga waihonga mai.
{This history are the words remembered by my elder cousin Romano (Keti) and myself (Rawiri) and now we thank our ancestors for sharing these treasures.}
Nestled into the rolling hills of Akatarere, Northland, the new development for the Mangatowai Marae is on land steeped in the history of the Henare family, reaching back to the 1920's when Raureti Henare purchased about 220 acres of the Whakapaku block from the Crown.

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