Rangiātea

For example, the mythical god-ancestor Tāne is said to have received the Baskets of Knowledge from the supreme being Io.

This position as a source of higher learning is reflected in the ancient exhortative proverb: "Kia puta ai te ihu ki Rangiātea."

This expression encourages the individual to pursue study, practice, and mastery of skills to fulfil their potential.

Linking it to Rangiātea provides that this growth and development is founded in the attainment of higher learning, as handed down by ones' antecedents.

[4] Several of the ancestral migratory Māori waka (ships) are said to have launched from Rangiātea, namely, Aotea, and Matawhaorua.