Nukuwaiata and Te Kakaho. Ngāti Kuia tupuna continue to exercise their rights to harvest tītī, kaimoana (seafood) and berries from these Islands. Ngā Motutapu Titi symbolises for Ngāti Kuia 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 that binds the spiritual and physical worlds. Ngā Motutapu Titi incorporate the cultural value of Ngāti Kuia mauri; Ngāti Kuia has mana, whakapapa associations and history here. We have tikanga and kawa which involve tapu and noa to these places. The mauri of Ngā Motutapu Titi (also known as Tītī Island and the Chetwode Islands) represents the essence that binds the physical and spiritual elements of all things together, generating and upholding all life. All elements of the natural environment possess a life force and all forms of life are related. Mauri is a critical element of the spiritual relationship of Ngāti Kuia. NGA WHATU (WHATU TIPARE, WHATU KAIPONO) (THE BROTHERS) This site incorporates our cultural values of take kitea and take tupuna. It is a place our tupuna discovered and named. Whakapapa Tatai hikohiko Kup e Ngāti Kuia korero tuku iho is that Kupe named the islands Hin e and that Matuahautere, following the korero of his Ma tuahautere tupuna, also passed the islands on his way to Ma tuakuh a permanently settle in Te Waipounamu. This korer o has Tu kaua e continued to be handed down through generati on of Ngāti Ku ia Kuia and retold to iwi hou. Ngāti Kuia Korero tuku iho states Kupe killed Te Wheke-a-Muturangi at Kura-te-au (the red current) using an Arapaoa (rising stroke) and Taonui-a-Kupe (the long spear of Kupe). He cast the eyes, Whatu Tipare and Whatu Kaipono, into Te Moana o Raukawakawa. This site incorporates our cultural values of take ahi ka. There is tikanga, kawa and tapu associated with the islands which required certain observations of Ngāti Kuia travellers crossing Te Moana o Raukawakawa. These included karakia, and only certain people were able to look at the motutapu while Kawakawa was used to shade the eyes of others. This is the source of the name Te Moana o Raukawakawa. The Ngāti Kuia relationship with its moutere and wai is integral to its identity as a people. Nga Whatu (Whatu Tipare and Whatu Kaipono) symbolises for Ngāti Kuia 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 worlds. Nga Whatu incorporate the cultural value of Ngāti Kuia mauri. Ngāti Kuia has mana, whakapapa associations and history here. We have tikanga and kawa which involve tapu and noa at this place. TE HOIERE (PELORUS SOUND) Te Hoiere is an iconic wāhi tapu to Ngāti Kuia and incorporates our cultural values of take kitea and take tupuna. It is an iconic waterway which our tupuna explored, named and used. It incorporates our cultural values of take ahi ka. It is a core part to our cultural identity. We are identified as tangata whenua here. Te Tau Ihu Statutory Acknowledgements Page 26 of 163