Ko Tainui te Waka
Ko Motakiora me Pukenui ngā Maunga
Ko Mangaokewa te Awa
Ko Te Kuiti te Pā
Ko Maniapoto te Iwi
Ko Ngāti Apakura me Ngāti Rora ngā hapū

Kia mau ki te kāwau māro, Whanake ake! Whanake ake!

Te Tokanganui a Noho was built in 1873 under the guidance and direction of Te Kooti Arikirangi. Te Kooti then gifted the wharenui to Ngāti Maniapoto as a gesture of thanks for their hospitality, shortly before he was pardoned by the New Zealand government in 1883.

Poukai began at Te Tokanga-nui-a-noho Marae in 1942. Kiingi Koroki granted this poukai during the second world war.