There are several beach localities where pin gao and other grasses abound naturally or have responded to planting projects undertaken to preserve and extend mahinga raranga. Enormous "fields" of harakeke adjoin many of the shorelines and aka (supplejack) for making hinaki (pots and nets) is harvested from the forests. Whānau, individuals and organisations representing Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu have jealously maintained oversight of many activities planned for the Te Tai Tapu/West Whanganui r egion and continue to do so to the present day. Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu have always remained alert to threats to the sustainability of, and their enjoyment of, resources at Te Tai Tapu, and involved themselves, reactively and proactively, in contemporary administrative and legal processes to protect their interests. As well as making use of, and caring for, the public areas of the West Whanganui Inlet and the streams, rivers, lakes and estuaries further south in Te Tai Tapu, Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu have continued, without interruption since their arrival and occupation of the region, to exercise kaitiakitanga to maintain sustainable cultural harvests of the resources of Te Tai Tapu and surrounding districts. Ngāti Tama ki te Tau Ihu have maintained their relationship with the lands and waterways at Te Tai Tapu, exercised kaitiakitanga, and harvested resources to the present day. Te Tau Ihu Statutory Acknowledgements Page 100 of 163