Turi the commander of the Aotea Utanganui waka as he travelled south
with his wife Rongorongo and his people. The Kanihi-Umutahi and Okahu-Inuawai hapū who have
historically resided on the western and eastern banks of the Waingongoro River are descendants
from the tangata whenua tribes that landed at Te Rangatapu on the Te Rangiuamutu waka
captained by Tamatea-Rokai and also from the Aotea Utanganui waka. This river also had an
abundance of fish species resources including
and Okahu-Inuawai hapū who have
historically resided on the western and eastern banks of the Waingongoro River are descendants
from the tangata whenua tribes that landed at Te Rangatapu on the Te Rangiuamutu waka
captained by Tamatea-Rokai and also from the Aotea Utanganui waka. This river also had an
abundance of fish species resources including tunaheke, piharau, īnanga, pakotea and kōkopu.
E17 Waingongoro river Mahinga kai Map Link
Map 30
E18 Te Rangatapu Pā Historic
Track-changes version of Proposed Coastal Plan for hearing
different times of the day and year
Associative Shared and
recognised values
Widely recognised as a former pā site as a distinctive flat topped island marking the entrance to Kapuni Stream
Very high
Tangata whenua
values
This area contains significant pā and kāinga, including tauranga waka and pūkāwa.
Waimate Orangi-tuapeka were fighting pā on the banks of the Kapuni Stream, where the last battle between the Taranaki tribes and the Waikato tribes
was fought
year
Associative Shared and
recognised values
Widely recognised as a former pā site as a distinctive flat topped island marking the entrance to Kapuni Stream
Very high
Tangata whenua
values
This area contains significant pā and kāinga, including tauranga waka and pūkāwa.
Waimate Orangi-tuapeka were fighting pā on the banks of the Kapuni Stream, where the last battle between the Taranaki tribes and the Waikato tribes
was fought (1830). The outcome was an
year
Associative Shared and
recognised values
Widely recognised as a former pā site as a distinctive flat topped island marking the entrance to Kapuni Stream
Very high
Tangata whenua
values
This area contains significant pā and kāinga, including tauranga waka and pūkāwa.
Waimate Orangi-tuapeka were fighting pā on the banks of the Kapuni Stream, where the last battle between the Taranaki tribes and the Waikato tribes
was fought (1830). The outcome was an
significance to Ngati Tama in the vicinity.
The mataitai resources along this beach are of great value to the tribes associated with them and were often
a cause for dispute.
Purposes of statutory acknowledgement
Under section 54, and without limiting the rest of this schedule, the only purposes of this statutory
acknowledgement are—
(a) to require consent authorities, the Environment Court, or the Historic Places Trust, as the case may
be, to have regard to this statutory