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Whitireia Park
Whitireia Park is a reserve located on a headland north of Tītahi Bay and Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour in Porirua, in the Wellington Region at the southern end of New Zealand's North Island. It is governed by the Whitireia Park Board, a joint entity that includes representatives of Ngāti Toa Rangatira Trust and Wellington Regional Council. Whitireia maunga (mountain) is of great importance to the Ngāti Toa iwi, and is acknowledged in their pepeha (traditional oral introduction).
Ihakara Arthur, a kaumātua (elder) of the Ngāti Toa iwi, has said:
Whitireia is a name our people brought from Hawaiki with them. They believe it came from ngā atua, from the gods. That name is very deep in the Māori world. There are two names in Māoridom that we say are from the gods, and Whitireia is one of them.
The peak at the north east of the headland, at an elevation of 104 m (341 ft), is identified by the New Zealand Geographic Board with an official dual name Whitireia / Mount Couper. The name Couper derives from William Couper (1801–1879), a settler of Scottish descent, who established a sawmill and shipyard at the Porirua Inlet, on land granted to him by the Crown.
Whitireia maunga (mountain) is of great importance to Ngāti Toa. Whitireia is acknowledged in the pepeha (traditional oral introduction) of Ngāti Toa Rangatira:
Ko Whitireia te maunga
Ko Raukawa te moana
Ko Tainui te waka
Ko Ngāti Toarangatira te iwi
Ko te Rauparaha te tangata
Whitireia is the mountain
Raukawa (Cook Strait) is the sea
Tainui is the waka
Ngāti Toarangatira is the tribe
Te Rauparaha is the man
Polynesian explorer Kupe is believed to have landed just south of Tītahi Bay at Komangarautawhiri. According to oral history, his canoe floated away on the outgoing tide and then returned to shore on an incoming tide. The anchor stone of Kupe's canoe is believed to have remained in Onehunga Bay for centuries and was respected by Māori tribes. During the 1840s, British troops drowned after breaking chips off the stone, and some Māori believed it was punishment for sacrilege. The stone is now stored at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, but there is a monument at the Onehunga Bay carpark.
Before European settlement, Māori fished the waters for kina, pāua and kuku.
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Whitireia Park
Whitireia Park is a reserve located on a headland north of Tītahi Bay and Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour in Porirua, in the Wellington Region at the southern end of New Zealand's North Island. It is governed by the Whitireia Park Board, a joint entity that includes representatives of Ngāti Toa Rangatira Trust and Wellington Regional Council. Whitireia maunga (mountain) is of great importance to the Ngāti Toa iwi, and is acknowledged in their pepeha (traditional oral introduction).
Ihakara Arthur, a kaumātua (elder) of the Ngāti Toa iwi, has said:
Whitireia is a name our people brought from Hawaiki with them. They believe it came from ngā atua, from the gods. That name is very deep in the Māori world. There are two names in Māoridom that we say are from the gods, and Whitireia is one of them.
The peak at the north east of the headland, at an elevation of 104 m (341 ft), is identified by the New Zealand Geographic Board with an official dual name Whitireia / Mount Couper. The name Couper derives from William Couper (1801–1879), a settler of Scottish descent, who established a sawmill and shipyard at the Porirua Inlet, on land granted to him by the Crown.
Whitireia maunga (mountain) is of great importance to Ngāti Toa. Whitireia is acknowledged in the pepeha (traditional oral introduction) of Ngāti Toa Rangatira:
Ko Whitireia te maunga
Ko Raukawa te moana
Ko Tainui te waka
Ko Ngāti Toarangatira te iwi
Ko te Rauparaha te tangata
Whitireia is the mountain
Raukawa (Cook Strait) is the sea
Tainui is the waka
Ngāti Toarangatira is the tribe
Te Rauparaha is the man
Polynesian explorer Kupe is believed to have landed just south of Tītahi Bay at Komangarautawhiri. According to oral history, his canoe floated away on the outgoing tide and then returned to shore on an incoming tide. The anchor stone of Kupe's canoe is believed to have remained in Onehunga Bay for centuries and was respected by Māori tribes. During the 1840s, British troops drowned after breaking chips off the stone, and some Māori believed it was punishment for sacrilege. The stone is now stored at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, but there is a monument at the Onehunga Bay carpark.
Before European settlement, Māori fished the waters for kina, pāua and kuku.
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