Te Whatukura a Tangaroa embodies ancestral and cosmological balance. Te Whatukura a Tangaroa is the Ariki of all Ariki. All we are saying here is we are keeping alive that Tātai Arorangi. 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 are Rongomai Ariki, and Kahukura Ariki these are the two eyes of IO. These two taniwha have many forms of which Auahitūroa is one of the personifications these taniwha take. 

 At the center, the seal of Te Whatukura a Tangaroa 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.