The Maunga of Ngapuhi

The house of Ngapuhi was erected so that Papatuanuku, the earth mother, is the floor.

The mountains are the pillars with Ranginui, the skyfather gazing down, the roof.

Puhanga Tohora (Whale spume) looks to Te Ramaroa a Kupe (Kupe's eternal beacon).

Te Ramaroa looks to Whiria (Plaited), the taproots of strife, and the bastion of Rahiri (Ngapuhi's founding ancestor).

Whiria looks at Panguru and Papata - to where the trees lean, standing in the westerly winds.

Panguru-Papata - looks at Maungataniwha (the Taniwha mountain range).

Maungataniwha looks at Tokerau (Hundred worms or north).

Tokerau - looks at Rakaumangamanga (multi branched tree).

Rakaumangamanga - looks at Manaia (named after an ancestor Manaia).

Manaia - looks at Tutamoe

Tutamoe looks at Puhanga Tohora.

These mountains stand as ramparts watching the territory between them, and stand as symbols of the mana of Ngapuhi.