Ngongotaha Maunga
Te Maunga Ngongotaha, where we stick our wairua weaving peg into the earth and connect with Te Mauri reached through the inner baritones of great men who could plant their feet on a mountain and call home across the universe for guidiance.
The mountain stories speak of the old cave of the mountain keeper...from during the time of patupahirere's Pa at the top.
The Mamaku Mountain Keepers and gateway to Te Arawa iwi
TBA...
The breastplate describes the kuia lineage of Te Arawa iwi and their arsonel of weaponery to guard nga tamariki and the last line of defence against cannibalism of the good spirit.
Grass skiing on cardboard down the slopy hills around maunga ngongotaha was a common past time where the kids would site the school bus and time their rides in time to make it back to their relevant bus stops.
