Te Ōhaka in its literal te reo meaning translates as 'nest'. It has also a deeper, more symbolic meaning as an incubator, a home for only the most high flying birds. Making it the perfect name for a start-up hub for Christchurch's most innovative businesses.
Ko te tuakiri o Te Ōhaka e hāngai ana ki te 'whāinga teitei ake' me te whakapiki i te kaha pakihi. Ko te macron 'Ō' mai i te moko e tohu ana i tēnei ariā o te tautoko i tētahi mea i runga i tētahi pūhara (e hāngai ana ki te Kiwi tall poppy syndrome) — he whakaaturanga tūturu o tēnei 'perch' e rere ai ngā manu teitei. Ka noho tēnei hei tūāpapa o te reo hoahoa, i whakawhanakehia anō i te āhua o te tāpae poutū o te ingoa. Mā te tāpae poutū i ngā kupu, ka noho ia reta hei pūhara mō te panuku, e titiro ake ana, e whakarato ana i tētahi pūhara mō te reta i runga ake nei.
Mā tēnei, ko te 'whāinga teitei ake' e hāngai ana ki ngā mea katoa e kī ana, e mahi ana a Te Ōhaka.
Kātahi mātou ka titiro me pēhea e taea ai e mātou te tūhura anō, ehara i te mea ko te tikanga o te 'whai teitei ake' engari ka whakanui i tā rātou rawa tino mārama — te pūmanawa whakamīharo e whāngaia ana, e whāngaia ana.
I kōwhiria e mātou tētahi tīpakonga o ngā mema tino whakaaweawe o Te Ōhaka, e whakahaere ana i ngā tīmatanga e pana ana i te rohenga, mai i ngā wāhi mākete tuihono ki ngā rongoā kai hemp. Ko te whāinga o ngā whakaahua kia whakanuia, kia whakaaweawe hoki, me ngā tauira e hāngai ana ki ngā kīanga māia tākaro. Ahakoa e tohu ana ngā gels tae i ngā painga ephemeral o te 'ariā', ka noho hoki hei whakamaumahara kāore anō kia oti te rapu i te whakapai ake i a ia anō — me ō whakaaro moe maori hoki.
You form your ideas, but then are formed by them. The mirror of this is, in business, you are always striving for better — you's business is never finished. Once again, reinforcing the Te Ōhaka's principle concept of 'aiming higher'.
