by Tamati Muturangi Reedy
When Māui hauled up the North Island from the ocean depths, the first point to emerge was the mountain that Ngāti Porou claim as their sacred icon: Hikurangi. Subsequent ancestors included Toi, Paikea (the whale rider from Hawaiki), the chief Te Kani-a-Takirau, who refused the offer of kingship, and later, Sir Āpirana Ngata. For Ngāti Porou, independence and unity are as enduring as Mt Hikurangi.
Main image: Mt Hikurangi
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