consider that it would be useful to
install additional rain and river gauges in this area to investigate how much of an
impact the tributaries have on flooding in the Township and lower valley area, and
to provide greater warning of floods that would affect State Highway 3.
Protection of the Kaipo Marae
A building on the lower part of the Kaipo Marae site was partly flooded. Residents of
the marae are considering the building of a protective contoured bank in the middle
of the site as
southern bank at the mouth of the Waingongoro River. It is known as
the ancient kainga of the moa hunters. The pā is the site of the Huri-pari battle at the mouth of the
Waingongoro River. The pā was located near the Rangatapu reef and fishing grounds and close to the
Rangatapu marae on the banks of the river.
Te Rangatapu had a history of over six centuries and tangata whenua settled here before the arrival of
Turi of the Aotea caone. These earlier people knew the rivers as
the Tangaroa, was an important spawing area for īnanga and native fish. The
hapū fished from purpose built platforms and this technique to show customary fishing
locations on the river continues today. Each whakaparu was named and these names
remain and continue to be used by Te Atiawa today. The mara gardens along the river
included Te Rare, Mangahinau, Panekeneke, Opakaru, Te Ramarama and Mangaemiemi.
The ururpā include Te Rohutu, Manaaiti, Pukehou, Teremutu and Ngangana.
Operations and Regulatory Agenda September 2024
(sacred sites)
• Protection of taonga tuku iho (treasures of
the ancestors), and
• Kaitiakitanga (guardianship of the
environment)
during emergency risk reduction, readiness, response
and recovery planning.
The Taranaki CDEM Group recognise that this plan
does not provide full details of how this commitment
will be actioned due to the new relationship with
various iwi groups being in very early stages.
Iwi, Hapū and marae support
Iwi, hapū and marae
In relation to the Motukawa Scheme, Pukerangiora (a hapu of Te Ātiawa iwi) and Ngāti Maru
are recognised as the two mana whenua of the rohe where the Scheme operates. Both the
Manganui and Waitara awa (waters) are of significance to Pukerangiora and Ngāti Maru who
both have marae situated on the banks of the Waitara.10
8 Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand: Taranaki region.
9 Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand: Taranaki region
10 Pukerangiora Hapu Summary; Ngati Maru Iwi Summary
Policy & Planning Committee agenda March 2020
Court
page
Athey v Leonati [1996] 3 SCR 458, (1996) 140 DLR (4th) 235.
Benton v Miller & Poulgrain (a firm) [2005] 1 NZLR 66 (CA).
Commissioner of Police v Ombudsman [1988] 1 NZLR 385,
(1988) 3 CRNZ 268 (CA).
Countdown Properties (Northlands) Ltd v Dunedin City Council
(1994) 1B ELRNZ 150, [1994] NZRMA 145 (HC).
Fernandez v Government of Singapore [1971] 1 WLR 987,
[1971] 2 All ER 691 (HL).
Janiak v Ippolito [1985] 1 SCR 146, (1985) 16 DLR (4th) 1.
Kuku Mara Partnership (Beatrix
RTC Agenda December 2023 Web