Pūtaiao

Ko te matauranga Pūtaiao te putiki mātauranga o nga mahuatanga katoa o te taiao mai te rangi ki te whenua huri noa. 

Ko te Mātauranga Māori, i roto i tōna horopaki tuku iho, ko te mātauranga, ko te mōhiotanga, ko te māramatanga rānei ki ngā mea katoa e kitea ana, ki ngā mea katoa e huna ana, i te ao tukupū. Kei te hāngai tēnei whakamāramatanga ki tō nāianei horopaki hei tikanga, hei kaupapa mahi hoki mō ngā rangahau Māori, mō ngā pūtaiao Māori, mō ngā hangarau Māori anō hoki.’(Charles Mohi, Mātauranga Māori – He Rauemi ā-Motu, he pānui mā Te Manatu Rangahau, Pūtaiao, Hangarau hoki, wh 1-3, 1993)