TE MOKO O TE AHUREI

OFFICAL AHUREI LOGO 


The official Ahurei logo was designed by Maaka Te Moana, which is explained as follows:

Ko te tohu o tēnei manu ko ngā āhuatanga me ōna tikanga katoa e pā ana ki te Huia.

Ko ngā tikanga me ngā Kawa o te iwi.

Koia tētahi manu tapu i tōna wā i roto o Aotearoa nā runga i tōna ataahua, he tohu nui ki te mau i ōna huruhuru atu ki ōna ngutu. Ko te Huia hoki kua rite ia ki te Moa.

Koinei te whakaaro ake mo te hunga ngā rātau i whakaara ake tēnei kaupapa mo te iwi.

Ko ngā tai he ōrite ki tō te haki o ‘Te Mana Motuhake o Tūhoe’.

Kia whakakōtahi te iwi.

Kei roto hoki ko ngā rohe, ko te toka tapu o te iwi a Maungapōhatu me ōna kāhui maunga; ōna kōawa, awa-nui, tae atu ki ōna roto.

Ko ngā pepehā.



“He Huia tangata tahi” there is but one man who is like the Huia.

There is only one chief, huia feathers are his emblem.