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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.
This page was last reviewed onĀ 04 December 2008 and is current.