kōwhai maunga taketake
Ngā tāhuhu kauwhata o te marae kai represent te huihuinga matua o ngā mahi whakahohipera ā-motu me ngā wāhi whakaaturanga ā-whānau, whakamahia hei whakarite i te whakapuakitanga matua mō ngā mahi tinana me ngā hiahia whakapakari mō ngā tamariki. E ai ki ngā whakaritenga e noho ana, kei raro i ēnei wharekura ā-rorohiko, ka taea te whakamahi i ngā momo kauwhata matua, pērā i ngā kauwhata matua, ngā karere, ngā paerewa whakangungu, me ngā pūoro kēmu, katoa i whakaritea kia whakamahia te kaweake me te whakapakari i te tinana. I hangaia ngā kauwhata matua o nāianei i te whakaaro mō te whaiwhai, i hangaia mai i ngā pai mataki huringa huarere, pērā i te kēdara, te pine whakaruruhau, rānei ko te mete peita kōpikopiko, kia tae atu ngā tau o te whakamahi tūmanako. Ko te whakapapa harahei he mea matua i ngā hanganga o nāianei, whakauru ana i ngā take pērā i ngā para whakawhitinga, ngā mata kore kore, me ngā reta whakatūmomo. Ki te tino whenua o ēnei tāhuhu, ka taea te whakariterite me te whakapai hoki i te whakapae i te whakapae o ngā tamariki me ō rātou hiahia e whakarerekē ana. Kei raro i ēnei tāhuhu whakapai, ka tae atu ki ngā wāhi kaha mō te tiaki i te uruwhenua, me ngā wāhi whakarite mō te kēmu whakaaro, pērā i ngā whare kēmu rānei ko ngā whare kēmu. Ka noho ngā whiringa whakainu i waenganui i te whakatakoto ā-tau i runga i ngā ratonga ki tōna ake, me ngā ratonga whakapai, kei reira ngā tāhuhu e taea te whakaritea mō te whakatakoto tūhonohono, ahakoa te whakapae i te whakapae o ngā tāhuhu, me te whakapae i te whakapae o ngā tāhuhu.