and as a meeting place for manuhiri and Crown officials. Te Awaiti was a large working village for Te Ātiawa o Te Waka -a-Māui, and was the main pā site for Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui during the raupatu of Te Tau Ihu. Heberley describes seeing human remains, obviou sly the product of a recent feast, after the invasion of Tōtaranui by Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui. Te Awaiti was a central point f or whaling and repairs and maintenance of waka and whale boats. A Methodist chapel was also built in the early 1800s. Virtually all Te Ātiawa o Te Wa ka-a-Māui have a link to this bay. Pūponga Point (Breaching Whale), between Te Awaiti and Fishing Bay, wa s named after one of the Keenan descendants because of the shape of the ridgeline to the shore. There is also a narrative account of a friendly whale guiding waka back to the Kura te Au (Tory Channel). The ridgeline contains remnants of the pit dwellers. Te Awaiti has several wāhi tapu, wāhi taonga and many Te Ātiawa o Te Wa ka-a-Māui primary ancestors were resident and buried there. Our descendants still maintain the ahi kā roa today as kaitiaki. Deep Bay (Umukuri) had an abundant supply of oysters. Motukina, a bay within Tory Channel, owes its name to the abundance of kina customarily gathered there. Giant petrels or stinkpots were abundant around the old whaling station, where up to 200 at a time would feed on offal along with the penguin who were regular visitors to Kura te Au. Hitaua Bay urupā is an important bay because there are several flat areas which were used extensively for smoking (preservation) fish. Missionary Bay, a small cove near Opua B ay, was an inland walking track for Te Ātiawa o Te Waka -a-Māui to the Wairau settlement. Te Rua (Yellerton) is where Te Ātiawa o Te Waka -a-Māui obtained the dye from the ye llow clay for weaving and carvings. There was also a renowned Te Ātiawa o Te Waka - a-Māui skirmish i n this ba y. Te Tio/Oyster Bay was a nu rsery ground for the sea gardens. Cockles and oysters were an important shellfish in the Te Ātiawa o Te Waka -a- Māui die t. Whekenui and Okukari were large Te Ātiawa o Te Waka -a-Māui settlements, with a population of about one hundred and fifty. Their well-fenced gardens contained potatoes and taro and a large number of pigs. This area has important wāhi tapu and wāhi taonga. Whekenui is notorious for its fast tidal water and bull kel p. Te Weu Weu, or Eliza Keenan Bay, near Te Pangu Bay is a tapu area named after a chief who drowned whil e fishing th e area. The kēhua (spirit) will sometimes emerge in the form of a shark or wheke as a warning that the tapu still holds. On the ridge above Onepua Bay is where Te Manutoheroa saved the life of Te Rauparaha. Onepua means blossom or foam of the sea, which refers to the algae blooms that usually start first in this area. At the head of Maretai is a place called Tikimaeroero which refers to the legend of those living on the wilds. Many of these legends can be verified by the middens on the ridges of the Sounds. East Bay and Arapaoa (Arapawa) Ipapakereru is extremely important to Te Ātiawa o Te Waka -a-Māui because in 1841 the great Te Ātiawa o Te Wa ka-a-Māui fighting chief Te Man utoheroa resided there. Te Umu Wheke is so named as part of the wheke (octopus) of Muturangi was cooked in an earth oven th ere, and for Te Ātiawa o Te Wa ka-a-Māui this area was a mahinga kai. Coastal forests which produced edible resources occurred in fringes along the coast in the lower reaches of the bay towards the shoreline. Manuka grew in more exposed areas, on cliffs and promontories. Wharehunga Bay is an ancestral area for Te Ātiawa o Te Waka -a-Māui and was used for gathering kai and other resources. There were settlements within the Bay and also Te Tau Ihu Statutory Acknowledgements Page 107 of 163