Na te tikanga ahurea o te Awa o Waikato pātata i homai ki a mātau te whakaaro mo te ingoa o Te Awa – 'Te Awa.' Hei tāpiritanga hou rawa ki te matatini hokohoko Take i Hamilton, ko Te Awa hoki te mārō nui rawa o Aotearoa.
Ko ta mātau poto mai i Tainui Group Holdings ko te waihanga i tētahi tuakiri kaha ake, nui ake hoki o nāianei. I tutuki i a mātau tēnei mā te whakamahi i te tohu Niho Taniwha puta noa i ngā huānga katoa o te tuakiri Te Awa hei hoatu i te mārō he whakaaro motuhake i a mātau e pupuri ana i ngā hononga ahurea hira ki te rohe.
