Waitaraiti kei raro, Mangaehu kei runga, Tatū ki te raki, Te Ihuwaka ki te tonga. Ko ngā awa honohono i ēnei tongi, Ko Taramoukou, Manganui, Pātea ki te hauāuru. Tāngahoe ki uta, Whanganui, Tāngarākau, Heao ki te rāwhiti. Ko te tupuna tuitui ko Waewaeroa. Kei roto i ēnei huahanga ngā whenua, ngā awa, ngā wairere, ngā puke teitei. Ngā kōiwi o ngā tūpuna, me ngā tāonga katoa o Ngāti Maruwharanui. HAUMI E, HUI E, TĀIKI E !!!
Located within the natural flora and fauna of Tarata, adjacent to the shimmering hue of the Waitara River, is a marae local Iwi and Hapū call Te Upoko o te Whenua. Akin to the Ngāti Maru Iwi, the marae has over a generation become the foundation of many whānau, most of whom have partaken in the development of what it stands for today, “a place they can call home”.
