"Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro, noonaa te ngaahere",

"Ko te manu e kai ana i te Matauranga, noonaa te ao!"

E mihi ana kia Io Matua Te Kore, naana te kore, naana te po, naana to ao, mai i a Ranginui e tuu iho nei, heke iho kia Papatuuaanuku, me aa raaua tamariki, mokopuna e manaaki ana i aa taatou te hunga ora, teenaa koutou, teenaa koutou, teenaa koutou katoa!

E kore e mutu te mihi kia Ngati Toa Rangatira, me oonaa karanga Hapuu, Whaanau anoo hoki, e haumaru ana i aa maatou ngaa Kaimahi me ngaa Tauira o te Tari Maaori ki Whitireia.

E te Ti! E te Ta!, whakatau mai raa ki to tau whakamutunga mo te Tohu Taapuhi Maaori 2024.