Hamiora Tekirikaramu

My passion to carve esteems from being proud to be Māori, and that our greatest gift is to share this to the world so that you will know that our art and our stories pertain to our land, our rivers, our manu, our taiao, our whakapapa— tangata whenua the indigenous people of this beautiful land Aotearoa

E kore hekeheke he kakano rangatira
A noble heritage will never perish

Ko Rangitoto te keokeonga o nga pae maunga o Whakapoungakau e anga atu ana ki nga whetu o te rangi

Ko Waiohewa te awa kaukau o nga tipuna e rere ana ki Te Rotorua nui a Kahumatamomoe

Ko Te Motutapu a Tini te tapuwae o Rangiteaorere

Ko Rangiwhakaekeau te tupuna whare

Ko Uenukurauiri te tupuna kuia no Tuhoe

Ko Mataikotare te marae

Ko Ngati Rangiteaorere, Te Arawa, Tuhoe, Ngati Whatua te iwi

Ko Ngati Tutenui, Ngati Turipuku, Ngati Roro o te Rangi ,te uri o te hau te hapu Ko Te Arawa, Mataatua, Mahuhukiterangi Te Waka

Ko Hamiora Tekirikaramau au.