He recites a whakatauki, or proverb, that sits behind everything the tribe does: ... Maori businesses contribute $10.3b to the nation's GDP – about 5.9 per cent according to BERL.

In what may be a New Zealand first the company has taken their digital show and had it translated in the spirit of the whakatauki (maori proverb) “e ora ai te reo whiua ki te ao”.

"Na to rourou, na taku rourou, Ka ora ai te iwi" - With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive" Whakatauki (Maori proverb) Share. Latest podcast episodes.

In New Zealand, our Maori people have many sayings or whakatauki. "I walk backward into the future with my eyes fixed on my past" for example. They deliberately look to the past, to inform the future.

There's a Maori proverb that says "Whaia te pae tawhiti kia tata, whaia te pae tata kia mau" which means to live with "One eye on the work immediately before us, and the other on the distant future".

Validating the most well known Te Arawa whakatauki (proverb) is what prompted Anaha Hiini to start his own business Kotihi Reo Consultants Limited. Offering expertise in Maori Language and ...