The journey of Te Pūtea Matua: our Tāne Mahuta  3 Northern hapu Te Roroa is the kaitiaki to Tāne Mahuta, the kauri tree in Waipoua Forest. 4 See RBNZ (2018). The Journey of Te Pūtea Matua: Our Tāne Mahuta.
5  Matauranga Māori tells of when Papatūānuku and Ranginui, the earth mother and the sky father, embraced so tightly that life was shrouded in darkness. Tāne Mahuta came to separate them and let sunlight into the world. In the same vein, the Reserve Bank came into existence so that our unique economy could flourish.