Story behind our Logo by Maxine Morgan-Wind
Our tāhūhū is our tupuna tāne. The whare itself is a wahine. Balance between male n female entities. The red through the raparapa (arms) is our bloodline while the black koru through the red is our tupuna embracing and protecting their mokopuna (all of us here now). The green fern leaf on either side of our marae name represents the bountiful forests and native bush we once had many, many, moons ago. The tuna, again, the marae/pa was once a place where people from all over to barter and trade for the tuna from Turitea. They were well known for its sweetness and fatness. As you can see, we have no walls on the whare. It represents the open welcoming with no barriers to all whānau onto the marae grounds. Last but not least, the name of our marae takes centre stage, in the middle of everything else.
We have now created some Turitea Marae Apparel to help raise funds towards our Marae Development Plan. If you are interested in supporting this kaupapa, please contact Juanita (Turitea Marae Treasurer) via email at juanita@turiteamarae.co.nz to make an order query. She will reply with the details.
At present only a few sizes are left and some are sold out. A table of sizes available will be posted soon.
Soft Shell Jackets are currently out of the stock! Keep posted for updates soon.
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