Tākiri-ā-Nuku te wharenui o ANZ

Tākiri-ā-Nuku te wharenui o ANZ - Our meeting house Tākiri-ā-Nuku

Our ANZ wharenui is where we gather together as ANZ with our customers, partners, stakeholders, staff and shareholders.


Illustration of a wharenui cross-section. Each of the three internal pillars is labelled - Te Wāheke (our future), Te Wātū (our present) and Te Whakapapa (our past) respectively. Three parts of the entrance of the wharenui are labelled - Te Pūtake (ANZ’s Group purpose and strategy), Te Oranga Pūtea (financial well-being) and He Oranga Tangata (human well-being). The two pillars at either side of the entrance are labelled He Oranga Taiao (environmental well-being) and Te Oranga Wairua (social well-being).


Our ANZ wharenui is where we gather together as ANZ with our customers, partners, stakeholders, staff and shareholders.

Above the entrance to the wharenui is ANZ’s Te Pūtake, the purpose.

The wharenui is ANZ New Zealand. Supporting the company are three pou or pillars – Te Wāheke (our future), Te Wātū (our present) and Te Whakapapa (our past).

Sitting above the wharenui is a waka, Te Waka-ā-Rangi, to symbolise innovation and leadership.


Illustration of inside the wharenui. Panels on the wall are labelled Ngā Tukutuku Te Pae Tawhiti (the woven panels of our long horizon).


Within our wharenui are Ngā Tukutuku Te Pae Tawhiti, (The Woven Panels Of Our Long Horizon) on the walls.

We have used seven tukutuku panels to represent seven horizons by which work will have been completed to bring Tākiri-ā-Rangi to life by 2040.

Having seven symbolises the original seven waka that travelled from Hawaiki to Aotearoa. They are inward and outward looking, including activities across most ANZ New Zealand business units and have a strong focus on home ownership, business creation and growth, and trade and capital flows within the region.