Ko tā te kaupapa auaha iwi taketake nei he whakaaweawe i Aotearoa nei.
Hei tā Clive Tongaawhikau o Ngāti Ruanui, Ngaruahine, “Kua hīkaka taku wairua o ngā synergy hoki huri noa i te rūma nei nē, ā, ko te taenga mai o te whānau o Taranaki ki te kotahi ai tēnei kaupapa.”
I mīharo te minenga i ngā mahi a Te Whare A Rangi o Ngāti Maniapoto me Te Aupōuri. Nō te ao tawhito me te ao tūroa o rātou rauemi waihanga.
Hei tā Betty Brown-Wenekerei, “He nui ngā aroha ki a rāua, nā te mea kei ia rāua i hari i tā mātou taonga mai te motu, ā, whakaatu ki te ao katoa, ngā taonga tuku iho a ngā tūpuna, ā, nā te mea ko ta mātou tūpuna whāea a Hinekino, ā, kei konei tonu tana manawa.”
Kua takoto te Manuka me te mea hoki e rere ana ngā whakaritenga mō a muri ake nei.