Ngāti Apa tupuna had considerable knowledge of the best places to gather kai, and tikanga for t he proper and sustainable utilisation of resources. Puhikereru was also an important mahinga kai for Ngāti Apa residing at Anamāhanga and elsewhere. It was a place where kereru could be found in abundance, feeding on karaka, miro and other berries. All these values remain important to Ngāti Apa today. KOHI TE WAI (BOULDER BANK SCENIC RESERVE) Ngāti Apa’s relationship with its whenua and wai is integral to its identity as a people. Kohi te Wai symbolises for Ngāti Apa people the intense nature of their relationship to their environment, and the mauri or life force that is contained in all parts of the natural environment and binds the spiritual and physical world. Kohi te Wai was a Ngāti Apa pā (called ‘Skoi-Teh ai’ by Dumont D ’Urville when he observed it in 1827), kainga, cultivation area, urupā and important fishing station located near Whakatu (Nelson) on the landward end of Te Taero a Kereopa (The Boulder Bank). Kohi te Wai is associated with Kupe. Two of his crew wished to stay in Te Waipounamu, and accompanied by two women, stole a canoe and set off. Kupe pursued them, but they recited karakia which caused the rocks which now form Kohi te Wai to fall from the cliffs at wh at is now known as Glenduan. This created a barrier and allowed them to escape K upe’s wrath. Ngāti Apa tupuna had considerable knowledge of places for gathering kai and other taonga, ways in which to use the resources of the moana and tikanga for the proper and sustainable utilisation of resources. All these values remain important to Ngāti Apa today. Ngāti Apa inhabitants of Kohi te Wai would observe a nearby maunga (Hororoiangi) to assess pending sea conditions. When bad weather threatened, the peak became enveloped in cloud and sea travel was suspended. Later Kohi te Wai was the site of a battle an d later abandoned. The ruins of the pā were observed by James Mackay in 1845. All these values remain important to Ngāti Apa today. KAITERITERI SCENIC RESERVE Ngāti Apa’s relationship with its whenua and wai is integral to its identity as a people. Kaiteriteri symbolises for Ngāti Apa people the intense nature of their relationship to their environment, and the mauri or life force that is contained in all parts of the natural environment and binds the spiritual and physical world. Kaiteriteri lies at the centre of what was for several generations a large and intensive Ngāti Apa occupation and cultivation complex. This complex occupied a 10km stretch of coastline, including the current Kaiteriteri scenic reserve. It included up to eight pā, as well as associated kainga, urupā, cultivations, mahinga kai areas and fishing stations. Some of the more notable Ngāti Apa pā at Kaiteriteri were Kaka Island/Point, Puketawai (loc ated on Anawera Point just south of Kaiteriteri Beach on the headland separating Ta pu Bay and Stephens Bay) and Mangatawai. At Mangatawai, Ngāti Apa tupuna Te Ra ngihiroa and Koroneho Titi were captured after a battle with northern iwi. Ko the son of Te Rato was killed by a northern taua at Puketawai. Te Ratow as makorau, one of the Ngāti Apa rangatira who met Capt ain Cook in the Queen Charlotte Sound. The cliffs at Ana-waka-u contained burial caves, and a stream called Wai atau, running beside the cliffs, was a tauranga waka for Ngāti Apa. A Ngāti Apa urupā is located on the small islet at the northern end of the main Kaiteriteri beach. Te Tau Ihu Statutory Acknowledgements Page 10 of 163