to stop the river mouth eroding into the sea. Kahurangi Point to Paturau was once heavily forested with large Rimu trees, and the coastline supplied Turimawiwi pā with crayfish, whitebait and eels amongst other resources from the land and sea. The Turimawiwi River flows northwest from the Wakamarama Range. The Anaweka River is a small river and its source is on the slopes of Mount White in the Wakamarama Range and weaves out to the Tasman Sea. Estuaries at Paturau and Whanganui were especially prized sources of kaimoana, including for snapper and flounder. Whanganui Inlet was a particularly significant site. Pūponga is an important shark fishery. Pākawau was the home of Te Koihua who migrated to Kapiti with Te Heke Niho Puta in the 1820s and k illed the Ng āti Kuia high chief Pakauwera at Hikapu in Pelorus Sound 16 , and captured another chief Whioi at West Whanganui. 17 Te Koihua remained in control of northwest Nelson while Te Ātiawa o Te Wa ka-a-Māui battled south into Te Tai Pou tini. Te Koihua went to Kapiti to support Te Ā tia wa o Te Wa ka-a-Māui in the battles of Haowhenua in 1834 and Kuititanga in 1839, crossing the waters using his great navigation skills. Onekaka was a signal point and used to contact Taranaki, Motueka and the Sounds. From Parapara, Kaitangata (a hapū of Te Ātiawa o Te Wa ka-a-Māui) would launch th eir waka heading bac k to Maunga Taranaki. Te Ātia wa o Te Waka-a-Māui were frequent travellers across these waterways maintaining ahi kaa on both isles, they would leave from Tukurua, the Parapara or Aorere and head north navigating by the winds and stars often taking the tītī freshly caught or preserved for the journey. The Archway Islands, off Wharariki Beach, are home to a seal colony, and the tidal pools serve as a nursery for the seal pups. Farewell Spit is a highly valued resource and taonga for Te Ātiawa o Te Wa ka-a-Māui and home to many species like the Godwit and the Banded Dotterel which i s also a prized taonga for Te Ātiawa o Te Wa ka-a-Māui. Farewell Spit is relatively isolated, and is the biggest Godwit habitat. At any one time, over summer, there may be 10,000 Bar-tailed Godwits on the sand flats inside the spit. There are 80 square kilometres of mud or sand flats exposed at low tide and the Godwits share this vast feeding ground with about 90 other species of migatory and local birds, such as large black Swans, Caspian or White Fronted Terns, Knots and Spoonbills. Whilst gathering flax at Farewell Spit, the whānau would look across and smile when the Maunga Taranaki hat was uplifted. Golden Bay from Farewell Spit, including Pūponga Point, Te Rae, Pākawau, Waikato, Collingwood, Ruataniwha Inlet, Parapara Inlet, Patons Rock, Rangihaeata Head, Tākaka River, Pōhara, Motupipi Estuary, Li gar Bay, Tata Island and Taupo Point are all associated with Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui whānau as pā sites, tauranga waka sites and mahinga kai sites, as well as for other resources such as the puponga quartzite which was quarried for knives. Kaitangata also extracted valuable red and black pigments for dyeing at Parapara. This was another taonga that Te Hunahuna and Tangotango often took to Waikanae and Taranaki whāna u. The entire western coastline from Farewell Spit to Separation Point, including Golden Bay, has provi ded Te Ātiawa o Te Wa ka-a-Māui whānau with an abundance of birds a nd fish, argillite for weapons and tools, and fertile soils. The finding of minerals, particularly gold, brought huge excitement and a race to some of the region’s most isolated areas. Sealing and whaling was once a major economic activity for Te Ātiawa o Te Waka -a- Māui. Harvesting of the trees used for ship building was also economically important. A s 16 Minute Book of the Nelson Native Land Court (NMB: No.2 ), pp309-310. 17NMB: No. 2, pp290, 301. Te Tau Ihu Statutory Acknowledgements Page 140 of 163