Te Kahu Ō Te Ariki Kahutarara embodies ancestral and cosmological balance. Ariki Kahutarara is the Ariki of all Ariki. All we are saying here is we are keeping alive that Tātai Arorangi, no one is above. We are all equal. The thirteen stars above represent the reopening of the thirteen heavens, with two placed in the eyes of the taniwha guardians. The name of the two Taniwha given to me by my Uncle Wimutu is Te Nākahi and Te Waka O Te Whiu. I also remember my Uncle Bill telling me he remembers seeing Te Nākahi on Wai Kōwhitikaru Road in front of Uncle Wano's papakainga when he was young. At the center, the seal of Ariki Kahutarara holds Mākaurangi, representing IO Te Rangitūātinitini. The four inner stars represent the four IO Tohunga: Rehua Ariki, Ruatau Matua, Aitupawa, and Pūhaorangi. The designs around the Mākaurangi represent three sacred houses: Whakamoeariki, the house of the Whatukura and Māreikura; Matangireia, the sacred abode of IO Te Rangitūātinitini; and Rangiātea, the sacred house that holds the kete of wānanga, the two sacred stones (Te Whatukura a Tāne and Te Whatukura a Tangaroa), and the sacred healing spring of Te Wai Pūreinga o Rongo. The inner circular formations represent Te Whānau Puhi, the wind children of Tāwhirimātea, recalling Tāne’s ascent. This coat of arms signifies alignment with origin and responsibility, without asserting dominion over people or lands. 

The whakatauākī reads: “I anga mai au i Tikitikiōrangi, I anga mai au i Te Toi Ō Ngā Rangi.” We are inter-dimensional beings living in a multi-dimensional IO-verse.