Whaia i te pare-i-te-taitonga Tērā taku Ika e muramura ana te ahi kā o Paerangi

Pursue that which wards off the southern winds (Paretetaitonga)

There you will find my land where the fires of occupation of Paerangi kindle

Ko Ngāti Rangi ngā uri a Paerangi atua, a Paerangi tipua, a Paerangi tupuna e hono kau ana ki te mana tuku iho o ngā Atua o te pō heke iho ki a Matua te Mana. He hono tāngaengae i whakatōkia ki roto i te ira tangata taka iho ki a mātau ngā uri whakatupu o Ngāti Rangi, mai te wā i tapaina tō mātau maunga e Māui Tikitiki-a-Taranga e mea ana: Nāku te ika i hī, nāku anō i whakatau.

Ngāti Rangi are the descendants of Paerangi the God of the Milky Way, of the demigod and ancestor and connect directly to the mana of the pantheon of Gods and of the mountain, Ruapehu. This metaphysical connection comes from the beginning of time and flows in the veins of the descendants of Ngāti Rangi since the time that Māui Tikitiki-a-Taranga named and recorded its name in the following proverb: It was I that fished up and calmed the Great Fish.

Sacred sites within Ngāti Rangi's rohe include nationally significant and iconic sites and places, including Ngāti Rangi's sacred maunga Ruapehu (situated within the Tongariro National Park), the Whangaehu River, known as Te Waiū-o-te-Ika, the Waiōuru Defence Lands and Tangiwai.

As well as being of deep spiritual importance to Ngāti Rangi, these places are also of particular importance to Aotearoa/New Zealand's cultural and environmental heritage and economic development. Ngāti Rangi, including its constituent hapū, continues to ensure that its language and histories are maintained and upheld.