Collection: WAI ORA MARAE

The water drop shape depicts “He Wai Ora” 
which evokes imagery of a central spring that 
is a gathering place for our people of Ngāti 
Kurī. The five notches represent our 
significant maunga Mango Piko, Tohu Reo, 
Kohuroa, Tohoraha and Utea. The sweeping 
lines are our beaches Te One Roa a Tohe, Te 
Wahapu o Houhora and Rarawa. Ngātaki is 
the convergence point of many waters ‘he 
rarawa’, Wai Māori, Wai Tai, Wairua, Wai 
Whenua and Wai Ora.  
 
Wai Ora marae is a vessel to sustain the whānau, uri and 
hapū of Ngāti Kurī, and our community of Ngātaki. A 
comforting space in times of mourning, a home away from 
home, a place of learning and connection to uplift our 
people.  
To quench our thirst for learning about who we are and 
where we come from, our history, our reo, our whakapapa, 
our mātauranga, our stories of tāngata and whenua and our 
deep connections to the land and the waters that surround 
us.