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KIA ATAWHAI KI TE TANGATA
This phrase was gifted by Ngāi Tūāhuriri to encompass the work that we do for our people. Dr Te Maire Tau, Ngāi Tūāhuriri Upoko, Ngāi Tahu Historian and Director of the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre at the University of Canterbury drew on the philosophy laid down by Ngāi Tūāhuriri Upoko, Pita Te Hori who said in 1861:
