Formed in 1958 Te Uranga B2 Inc. was controlled by the departments of Maori Affairs and Lands and Survey. Twenty-three years later (1981) control was in the hands of its owners.
Since then 4 neighbouring properties have been acquired increasing the land-holding to 2,389 ha. These lands, predominantly ancestral, are located 13 kms north east of Taumarunui nestled in the slopes of Hikurangi and Tuhua mountains. Te Uranga B2's business comprises two dairy farms, a sheep and beef unit, pine forests, a Managed Investment Portfolio and Nga Whenua Rahui Kawenata protecting its regenerating native forests.
Te toto o te tangata, he kai, Te oranga o te te tangata he whenua
Food Supplies the blood of man; his welfare depeends on the land
Who We Are
Pepeha
It's located on the corner of Ngakonui-Ongarue Road opposite the Koromiko cowshed and the beginning of Roberts Road. These stones are dedicated to the memory of all those who lie at rest within this land, Te Uranga
Kauhatu
Commemoration area
PEPEHA
Kia wehi ki te Atua
Whakahonere Tuheitia
Me te whare Ariki katoa.
Tena koutou.
Ka tangi atu ki nga tupuna e kore
E taia te ingoa tia, e moe mai
Nei i roto i tenei whenua.
Me nga whakatauki o ratau.
Ko Tainui te waka
Ko Waikato te awa
Ko Taupiri te maunga
Ko te Whero Whero te tangata.
Whakaheke ki Tainui whanui
Ko Raukawa tena
Ko Maniapoto tenei
Ko Tuwharetoa tera.
Me nga kawai hekenga tangata
A nga tupuna e moe mai nei.
Moe mai koutou i o koutou pae maunga
Ko Tuhua ko Hikurangi
Ko Piaua e rere nei i waenganui
Nga pakakainga hoki
Me o koutou taonga i waiho ngia.
Ko Tuhua te maunga
Ko Piaua te awa
Ngati Hari te hapu.
Greetings to God author of all things,
Honour Kingi Tuheitia,
The royal household, all of Tainui.
Greetings to the many ancestors
Who lie buried within these grounds.
We also remember their proverbs.
Tainui the canoe
Waikato the river
Taupiri the mountain
Te Whero Whero the man.
And the sub-tribes of Tainui
There is Raukawa
This is Maniapoto
By the side is Tuwharetoa.
And the lines of genealogy that joins
The ancestors who rest within these lands.
Rest in peace ancestors within the threshold of your mountains
Tuhua and Hikurangi
Running between are the waters of Piaua
The homes,
And the treasures that are left behind.
Tuhua is the mountain
Piaua is the stream
Ngati Hari is the subtribe of Maniapoto.
Whatungarongaro te tangata toitu te whenua
Man perishes but the land is forever