Otaki Te Rahui Kura National Kapahaka Competition, Gisborne 2014

'EHARA TAKU TOA, HE TAKITAHI, HE TOA TAKITINI'

'My success should not be bestowed onto me alone, as it was not individual success but success of a collective'

Said humbly when acknowledged

'NAKU TE ROUROU NAU TE ROUROU KA ORA AI TE IWI'

'With your basket and my basket the people will live'

Referring to co-operation and the combination of resources to get ahead.  This proverb can be very useful and is often said