Kei te mihi nunui, naumai haere mai, whakatau mai. Ko Maungatapu te maunga Ko Mahitahi te awa Ko Kākāti te whare tupuna Ko Mauri Ora te whare kai Ko Whakatū tenei marae Ko Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Toarangatira, Ngāti Rarua; Tainui waka, ko Ngāti Kuia; Kurahaupo waka, ko Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tāma; Tokomaru waka, ki te Tautoko ngā whānau Mataa Waka ki Whakatū.