Nō Ihi Aotearoa te whiwhi kia riro i ngā taonga hirahira nei nō te iwi Māori. E mihi ana mātou ki te wairua o te takohatanga, e mārama ana hoki ki te tūranga kaitiaki i a mātou e koke tonu ana ki tō mātou ara ahurea ki tētahi ao ahurea-rua ā tōna wā, e mārama hoki ana tō mātou hōkaka kia arahina tō mātou rōpū e te tiriti.

Sport NZ Ihi Aotearoa are privileged to have received such beautiful taonga.  We acknowledge the wairua and aroha (spiritual essence & kindness) in which they were given and understand our kaitiaki role of them as we continue on our cultural journey toward a bi-cultural future and and our organisation aspiration of being treaty-led.