Hamiora Tekirikaramu

Ko Rangitoto te keokeonga o nga pae maunga o Whakapoungakau e anga atu ana ki nga whetu o te rangi Ko Waiohewa te awa kaukau o nga tipuna e rere ana ki Te Rotorua nui a Kahumatamomoe Ko Te Motutapu a Tini te tapuwae o Rangiteaorere Ko Rangiwhakaekeau te tupuna whare Ko Uenukurauiri te tupuna kuia no Tuhoe Ko Mataikotare te marae Ko Ngati Rangiteaorere, Te Arawa,Tuhoe ,Ngati Whatua te iwi Ko Ngati Tutenui, Ngati Turipuku, Ngati Roro o te Rangi ,te uri o te hau te hapu Ko Te Arawa,Mataatua,Mahuhukiterangi Te Waka Ko Hamiora Tekirikaramau au.

My passion to carve esteems from being proud to be maori and that our greatest gift is to share this to the world so that yous will know that our art and our stories pertain to our land our rivers our manu our taiao our whakapapa tangata whenua the indigenous people of this beautiful land Aotearoa E kore hekeheke he kakano rangatira A noble heritage will never perish