Tūtapanuku Kōhanga / ECE

He rangatahi kua mau ki tōna mauri i te whenua.

Ko te whenua-kura i hangaia e ngā ātua i puta mai ai i te pūngao-puia o te whenua. Koia  te hihiri i noho ai te mauri o te pounamu i puta ai te mauri whenua, te mauri pōhatu me te mauri pounamu. Ko te kura ia i tātaia ki roto i te pounamu i te rētōtanga o te whenua. 

A student begins to absorb new learnings.

The natural earth that was created by the gods emerged from the land with its thermal energy. The energy that contained the vital essence of the greenstone, the life principle of the earth, rock and greenstone. This is the adornment forged in the greenstone from the depths of the land.