“He kai mō te hinengaro, whāia ko te māramatanga, hai oranga mō te iwi”

I whakaritea te rerenga o te wā e wō tātau mātua tūpuna ki tētehi takahanga e kī ana ko te Maramataka.  Ka haere ngā rautau, ka waia haere ō rātau wheakoranga, mōhioranga hoki ki te taiao me ngā tātai whakapaparanga ki ngā mea katoa o roto. Ehara kau noa ko te tangata te pūtake o te taiao.

Nau mai ki te wānanga ipurangi o Ngā Pātaka Kōrero o Te Arawa e tuku atu ai ngā mātauranga, ngā whakairo me ngā rauemi ki aua hunga e kaingākau nuitia ana ki te maramataka e ai ki a Te Arawa.