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Ko Tawhiuau te maunga Ko Rangitaiki te awa Ko Ngati Manawa te iwi Ko Tangiharuru te tangata Ko Murupara te rohe Ko Awanuiarangi te kakahu Ko Te Pumaomao te kaupapa		Tawhiuau is the mountain Rangitaiki is the river Ngati Manawa is the nation Tangiharuru is the ancestor Murupara is home Awanuiarangi is my shelter Te Pumaomao is the programme


Te Pumamao is a Cultural Awareness-
Educational Decolonisation Programme



Ko te manu ka kai i te miro, nona te ngahere. Ko te manu ka kai te matauranga, nona te ao. A culturally - knowledgeable person is a citizen of the world
The programme, delivered from a Maori world view, addresses and facilitates informed discussion on the state of the race relations in Aotearoa - New Zealand. By addressing the sources and causes of what many people today perceive as racial conflict,		a better understanding is possible, not only of why we are, but what changes in attitude and behaviour are necessary to change things. Te Pumaomao achieves this by unravelling many of the myths and mis-truths that we, as New Zealanders, have all grown up with.