17 • TE AO MAORI MAI I TE TAIRAWHITI • FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2007 NGĀ MAUNGA Ngā-puke-tūrua and Roto-kautuku

Ko Ngā-puke-tūrua te maunga Ngā-puke-tūrua is the mountain He Mihi Ko Roto-kautuku te puna wai Roto-kautuku are the waters

E mihi kau atu ki a koutou i te putanga Ko Whākori te papatipu tuarima hoki o ngā kōrero e mōhiotia nei ko, Whākori is the original settlement Ngā Maunga Kōrero o Te Tairāwhiti. Kua neke whakawaho mātau o Tūranga, ki te Ko Taperenui-a-Whātonga te wānanga taiwhanga rāwhiti rawa atu o tō tātau rohe, ki Taperenui-a-Whātonga is the house of learning . He kāinga hoki o ngā tutukitanga ‘tuatahi’ – arā, te kitenga ‘tuatahitanga’ o te rā, Ko Te Whānau-a-Takimoana, ko Te Whānau- ia rā, ia rā; te wāhi i tō ai te kākano ‘tuatahi’ a-Karuai, o te whakatipuranga e mōhiotia nei ko Ngāti ko Ngāi Tāne, ko Te Whānau-a-Tapuhi ngā Porou; ā, ko te kauhau ‘tuatahi’ hoki o te hapū hāhi Karaitiana. Tēnā, noho mai, pānui mai, Te Whānau-a-Takimoana, Te Whānau-a-Karuai, whakaarohia mai. Ngāi Tāne and Te Whānau-a-Tapuhi are the sub- tribes Welcome to issue five of Ngā Maunga Kōrero o Te Tairāwhiti. We have ventured out Ko Ngāti Porou te of the and its immediate Ngāti Porou is the tribe environs, “up the Coast”, so to speak, to the eastern-most settlement in our district, Tīhe mauri ora! Rangitukia — a place of “firsts”. “First” to see Alas the breath of life! Ngā-puke-tūrua (background) and Roto-kautuku (foreground). the sun, the “first” seeds of the Ngāti Porou tribe and the “first” Christian church service on UNDER the peaks of Ngā-puke-tūrua, Pīoi and original whale-rider, “Paikea”, met the o-Pāoa, Pāpaka, Ōkahu, Te Nuku, Maraehara, the Coast. Once again, relax, read and enjoy. and Kāmiti, and at the Ngutu-awa — the mouth irresistible Huturangi and from their future Maungapōhatu and Ōkāroro are but a few. of the mighty Waiapu — lies the settlement home in Whāngārā spawned a dynasty that Five marae corner-post the settlement of Kahutia – Department of Māori Studies & of Rangitukia, the most easterly township in was to bear the name Ngāti Porou. And it was Rangitukia — Ōhinewaiapu, Hinepare, Karuai, Social Sciences and, therefore, the world. on the hallowed soils of Te Hātepe that Piripi Taumata-a-Tapuhi and Te Ao Hou. And Tairāwhiti Polytechnic It is a place of many firsts — first to see the Taumata-a-Kura delivered his first sermon, while the focus of the stories in this issue is on sun each and every day, and hence the name — having converted to Christianity after being Rangitukia, the ever visible Mount Hikurangi (A special thanks to – Pōrua Green, Willie Te Uranga-o-te-Rā — which means the “glow held captive in Te Taitokerau (Northland). and the Waiapu River serve as a constant and Jossie Kaa, Dick Tūrei (Hāhā Station manager) & of the sunrise”. It was also from Roto-kautuku, Many other names of the area have been etched reminder of the connections these marae and Rangi Rāroa (Kautuku Station manager) - he mihi nui a humble little lake nestled in the adjacent hills in the stories handed down — Pōhoutea and Te this community have to the wider Ngāti Porou ki a koutou). of Ngā Puke-tūrua, that the renowned traveller Ana-a-Mataura; Takapoutahi, Te Hāhātanga- tribe. Paikea and Huturangi — the beginnings of a dynasty

THE story of Paikea is perhaps the most people?)”. To which the woman replied, “Ē, widely known in the Tairāwhiti region. kai Ngā-puke-tūrua, kai te whakatakoto i te Paikea himself has been enshrined in waiata kūmara mā tama (Why they are on the hill of (song) and kōrero (stories) and more recently, Ngā-puke-tūrua preparing the kūmara for the gained world-wide prominence in the hit movie, prodigal son)”. The Whalerider. Paikea immediately knew that the prodigal The full story of Paikea will be told in another son she spoke of was himself. issue. For the moment we will only focus on his With that, the young woman led Paikea to stopover in Rangitukia for, unlike other places Ngā-puke-tūrua where her people had gathered he stopped at, this would prove to be the most awaiting his arrival. Thereupon Paikea performed important stop of all. the karakia (rituals) of the mārere kūmara (the You see, Paikea (aka 1350) was the original first planting of kūmara) and thereafter lived whalerider. In the aftermath of the battle of Te amongst the people of Te Kautuku. He also Huripureiata with his brother, Ruatapu, Paikea, married the young woman he met at the lake, through incantation, was able to summons the whose name was Huturangi, the daughter of Te whales of the oceans who returned him safely Whironui and Araiara of the Nukutere waka Rangitukia sits on the flats near the mouth of the Waiapu River (centre of photo). to shore. (canoe), and the lake was called Roto-kautuku. He landed initially at Ahuahu (Great After a time, Paikea, together with Huturangi, Mercury Island) before continuing on his way shifted and settled in Whāngārā, while her and stopping at Te Kautuku in Rangitukia. parents, Te Whironui and Araiara, were settled Ruawaipū — the While exploring the local terrain he came nearby at Te Roto-o-Tahe near Puatai. From upon a young woman bathing in a small hilltop the union of Paikea and Huturangi was born lake. In fright the woman picked up her clothes Pouheni, who fathered Tarawhakatū, who had and hurried back to her village, with Paikea in Nanaia, who had Porourangi — the eponymous foundations of an iwi pursuit. ancestor of the Ngāti Porou tribe. So from The village was deserted and Paikea asked, the hill-tops of Te Kautuku to the sands of THE iwi (tribe) and hapū (sub-tribes) of married to Muriwhakaputa, who was a great- “Kai whea anake te tangata? (Where are the Whāngārā, a dynasty was born. Rangitukia are represented by a number of granddaughter of Ruawaipū. Tamatea-ūpoko tīpuna (ancestors), all of whom are connected by married Uekaiahu (a great-grandson of Tūere) whakapapa (genealogy). The most senior of the and together had nine children. As their sons, founding ancestors is Ruawaipū. Tamakoro and Uetaha, grew to manhood, it According to Halbert in his book Horouta, was clear what was expected of them. Together Ruawaipū (aka 1375AD) descended from the with their half-brother Tahanui and their Ngāi Tahatītī hapū of Te Tini-o-Toi. Tūere warriors, the brothers routed and drove out Ruawaipu came from Whakatane to the the Ngāoho and reoccupied the lands of their Waiapu district with Whātonga and Mahutonga ancestor Ruawaipū. in the Kurahaupō waka. They landed on the By this time of the reoccupation there was banks of the Maraehara River in Rangitukia and already a wide inter-mixing of Ruawaipū, Paikea near-by erected a house of learning that they and Porourangi people. These links were further named Tapere-nui-a-Whātonga. The Kurahaupo consolidated by the time of Tūwhakairiora continued its journey but Ruawaipū with family (1625) and his marriages to Ruataupare and Te- in-tow remained and settled at Maraehara. Ihiko-o-te-Rangi, from whom the many hapū Ruawaipū and descendants soon occupied that we recognise today throughout the East all the lands from Rangitukia to Wharekāhika Coast originated. This includes the Rangitukia (Hicks Bay), however in about 1450AD the hapū of Te Whānau-a-Hūnaara (grandson region was invaded by Ngāoho, a tribe from the of Tūwhakairiora), Te Whānau-a-Takimoana northwest who were also descended from Te (great-grandson of Tūwhakairiora), Te Whānau- Tini-o-Toi. a-Karuai (grandson of Tūwhakairiora) and Tamatea-arahia, the principal chief and great connections through marriage to Ngāti Hinepare grandson of Ruawaipū, was killed in the battles and Te Whānau-a-Tapuhi. with Ngāoho. His daughter, Tamatea-ūpoko, was Whakapapa to Ruawaipū is undeniable and forced to take refuge with her Porourangi allies, not exclusive to any one hapū. All lines of descent the Ngāi Tūere, in Whāngārā. trace back to Ruawaipū and to Toi, as they do to Tūere was a grandson of Porourangi and was Porourangi and Paikea. Roto-kautuku — the lake where Paikea met Huturangi.