Culture & Identity
Preserving & promoting the rich heritage of the iwi
The team here play a pivotal role in safeguarding traditional practices while inspiring future generations to embrace and carry forward the cultural legacy. Through programs that focus on language, customs, performing arts, and storytelling, the team works to ensure the vibrancy of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei's identity and its ongoing impact within the community. Join us in this meaningful journey of cultural empowerment and preservation.
About Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei
We are the tangata whenua of Tāmaki with our mana over the land and sea being underpinned by take tūpuna (ancestral relationships), take raupatu (taking of the land and sea by traditional warfare), ahi kā (unbroken occupation) and tuku whenua (traditional gifting of land ).
Ko au te tangata whenua o Tāmaki pokapū me Te Waitematā. He take tupuna, he take raupatu, he ahi kā, he tuku whenua, te takenga mai o tōku rangatiratanga, ki runga o Te Kahu Tōpuni o Tuperiri e hora ake nei.