Nga Mihi:

As you can see - everything flows from the mountain, through the river and the waka is on it.  Then the people settle so this is the order in which we say our mihi. If you have no waka or marae then just leave these words out.  REMEMBER that we are posting our mihi on the blog, so only use first names but you would use full names when sharing it in 'real life'.

Ko Taupiri toku maunga (mountain)

Ko Waikato toku awa (river)

Ko ...............toku waka (canoe)

Ko  Ngati Porou, Tainui, Ngati Awa toku iwi (tribe)

Ko Ngapuhi  toku hapu (sub-tribe)

No Waikato ahau (I am from)

Kei Auckland toku kainga inaianei (I now live)

Ko Panmure Bridge toku kura (school)

Ko Thompson toku ingoa whanau (family)

Ko Gerald toku matua (father)

Ko Katrina toku whaea (mother)

Ko Shantay toku ingoa (my name)