He iti Marangai tū ana te pāhukahuka he iti Pioke nō Rangaunu he au tōna…

Small although the Pioke (dogfish shark) may be, great is its wake, as it traverses the might of the Rangaunu harbour”. This whakataukī describes the characteristics of the NgāiTakoto people who reside on the shores of the Rangaunu Harbour and are likened to the Pioke.

The iwi of NgāiTakoto has grown significantly and have come a long way since undertaking Post-Treaty Settlement processes with the Crown in 1986. We have achieved a great deal since that time through hard work and sheer determination to succeed and now we arrive at a point in that process whereby the responsibility for managing and determining the NgāiTakoto future and how that may be organised, is no longer the responsibility of the crown but now up to ourselves, as a people, and as a tribe.