Ko Aotearoa te whenua

Ko Te Moananui te moana

Ko Ngati Tumatauenga te iwi

Ko te rangatira o te roopu Tianara Gardiner

Ko Tumatauenga te tangata

The importance of Ngati Tumatauenga

Ngati Tumatauenga acknowledges what the Army is one family of people bound together by the ethic of service to our country, military professionalism, common values, and mutual respect, mutual trust and camaraderie. As one people we are one tribe. Ngati Tumatauenga reflects our oneness and our unity; it has seen us develop our own New Zealand military cultural practices and ceremonial guided by Tikanga Maori on the one hand and British and European custom on the other.