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"He huarahi whakaaro te Tikanga Maaori, ehara i te kupu puumau."

 

(Tikanga Maaori is a pathway of thought, not a fixed word.)

"He puna maaramatanga te Tikanga Maaori, he mea hoohonu, he mea hoou i nga waa katoa."

  (Tikanga Maaori is a wellspring of understanding, deep and ever-renewing.]

"Ehara te Tikanga Maaori i te ture kua oti te tuhituhi, engari he kaupapa e ora ana, e koowhiti ana."

 

 [Tikanga Maaori is not a law that is written and done, but a living, growing principle.]

"He maatauranga auaha te Tikanga Maaori, he ara whakaaro moo te ao hurihuri."

[Tikanga Maaori is creative knowledge, a way of thinking for a changing world.]

"Ko Tikanga he awa e rere ana, ehara i te toka puumau."

[Tikanga is a flowing river, not an unmoving stone.]

"He korero tuku iho te Tikanga, he kaakano i ruia mai i Rangitatea." [Tikanga is ancestral wisdom, seeds sown from the distant heavens.]