"Kei te aha? that’s how we greet people as Ngāti Porou. I grew up in Ruatoria and fell in love with flying watching topdressing planes do their thing. I received the best education growing up nurtured by my Aunties, Uncles and Nannies who were looking after us or tunning a few of us/me up"

- Mahanga Maru

Te Aitanga-ā-Mate, Ngāti Uepohatu

Kaiwhakahaere & Pilot