Te Kooti Whenua Māori Te Tairāwhiti 23 November, 2015. Subject: Legislation: Applicant:
Determination of tāonga tūturu – found at Cook’s Cove, Tolaga Bay. Section 12, Protected Objects Act 1975. Chief Executive Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
Part 1 of 3. Submission to support application The Proprietors of the Hauiti Incorporations represent shareholders; the majority of whom are descendants, of the various hapū, that occupied Ōpoutama Cook’s Cove and or, the adjoining lands. It is supported that, the Tāonga-Tūturu be vested in the, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti Iwi Incorporated on behalf of the descendants of the hapū listed below and; that all tāonga-tūturu and or artefacts found in the Ōpoutama dig, be kept in the Te Tairāwhiti Museum, unless or until otherwise decided, between the Hauiti incorporations committee of management and the Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti Iwi Incorporated Trust Board. By Tui TM Marino, as the Iwi Cultural Protection Officer on behalf of the Proprietors of Hauiti Committee and the Proprietors of Mangaheia 2D Committee, in collaboration with the Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti Iwi Incorporated Trust Board.
Introduction Ko Titirangi Te Maunga, ko Ūawanui-a-Ruamatua Te Awa, ko Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti Te Iwi, ko Hauiti Te Tangata! 1. The confederation of hapū or branches thereof; that exercised rangatiratanga over the adjoining lands, the inshore & ocean fisheries in relation to Cooks Cove, prior to, and since the time of Hauiti are: 1. Hauiti 2. Te Hapū Mātua 3. Ngati Kahukuranui 4. Te Whānau-ā-Tāmau 5. Ngāi Tāwhao 6. Ngāi Te Huinga 7. Ngāti Ruauku 8. Ngāi Te Whakaauranga 9. Ngāti Whakahemo 10. Ngāi Tāmakemake 11. Ngāi Te Pūrewa 12. Ngāti Ārahe 13. Kuranui 14. Ngati Ngaronoa… and others.
“The Hapū Matua was so-called because they were the descendants of the eldest children of Hauiti in Hineterā and others1. Hapū Matua and Ngati Kahukuranui always lived together on these lands.” Himiona Te Kani WMB 8A, 12 June 1889, pp. 303-304.
As Himiona Te Kani described Whakatātare, “There was a proverb that ‘Whakatātare was the head of the karaka tree and Ngati Kahukuranui were the branches’2, and this made Whakatātare the chief over Ngati Kahukuranui and all their lands. All the Chief blood of the descendants of Hauiti centred in Whakatātare” Himiona Te Kani WMB 12 June 1889. P: 303
2. The Pourewa Hearings – WMB No 6 (an extract) 6WP 101 Saturday July 30th 1881 Court opened at 10am Present the same ----- Pourewa an Island. “In the adjoining land 9500 acres. All the tribe was registered as owners. The Pa’s have always been recognised as belonging to the Chief. It is right that in this claim the descendants of the leading Chiefs of the conquering tribes should be recognised as owners. And the Chiefs of these hapū have a right to be in the Order.” An Order to issue in favour of the Persons hereunder named: Karauria Pāhura Paki Amaru Pāora Hura Heremia Taurewa
Himiona Te Kani Hepeta Maitai Hori Karaka Ihaka Marino
Wi Kingi Hori Anaru Taruke Kerehona Piwaka Pāora Tutu
Hōhua Kauhea Patihana Mangai Hone Meihana Hori Mōkai
ApiataTe Hame Hemi Kaitara Eru Mōkeke
The eldest children of Hauiti & Kahukuraiti (w1): Hineterā, Tamateapaia, Rongotipare, Tāporo, Kahukuranui, Pirau, Hinekura, the younger children were; Pahirauwaka, Rongoteuhu & Wawau. Hauiti & Rakaumanawahe (w2) had; Karihimama & Ngātorotahatū 2 ‘Ko Te Whakatātare te tihi o te karaka, ko Ngāti Kahukuranui ōna peka.‘ 1
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