He tuatahi ki Rotorua, te whakatū i tētahi huihuinga kōwai matarahi, ā ko ngā pūkenga o ngā ringa toi matarahi tokowaru, Māori mai, Tauiwi mai anō hoki kei te whakakitea. Tuia atu, ko ngā mahi toi matarahi a ngā tohunga mahi toi nō Te Arawa, nō Te Waiariki me tāwāhi ka hora ki ngā pakitara huri noa i te taone.
Ko te tohunga o te waka o Te Arawa ko Ngātoroirangi te ito o ngā whakaaro mō tēnei tokorua ringa rehe.
Ko te paruparu me te korohū te aronga o ngā mahi. Tekau mano tāra ka whakawhiwhia ki ringatoi whakaihuwaka, kotahi mano tāra ki te toa ka kōwhiria e te iwi tūmatanui. Engari, ehara te pūtea i te mea nui mō tēnei uri o Te Arawa.
Hei tā Reagan Balzar (Te Arawa, Tūhourangi, Tauranga), "Ko tēnei tētahi o ngā kōtiro e tino rongo ana i te hauora e ngōngō mai ana i te wai, i te paru hoki. Koirā hoki te mahi o āna tūpuna, nō reira he mahi tuku iho."
Nō te marama o Akuhata i tono ai te Whare Toi o Rotorua ki ngā tohunga mahi toi. E waru ngā pikitia o ngā mea e rua tekau i tukuna me ngā mahinga toi rerekē.
Ka kōwhiria te ringarehe toa ā te Rātapu nei. Ko te matapae ka iri ake ngā toi pakitara ki ngā tiriti o Eruera me Amohia ā tērā wiki.