Ko Matua Hautere te Matua Hautere is the captain tangata Kaikai-a-waro is the guardian Ko Kaikai-a-waro te taniwha Te Hoiere is the canoe Ko Te Hoiere te waka And Ngāti Kuia are its peopl e Ko Ngāti Kuia te i wi Whakapapa Tatai hikohiko Ngāti Kuia korero tuku iho (tradition) states that Matuahautere named this awa. He was following the Kaikaiawaro korero of his tupuna Kupe and trying to find a way Matuahautere through to Whakatu (Nelson). Guided by his kaitiaki Matuakuha and tupuna Kaikaiawaro he had gone up the Pelorus Tukauae Sound and River in his waka Te Hoiere. Kuia Te Hoiere is fundamental to the identity and mauri of Ngāti Kuia. It is where their association with Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Maui commenced. The area features prominently in the history and culture of Ngāti Kuia and has provided physical and cultural sustenance to the iwi since the time of Mauahautere. Our occupation has never been interrupted. Te Hoiere was included in the Te Hoiere, Hautai and Te Taonui-a- Kupe areas identified by Ngāti Kuia tupuna in 1883 as a place of their lands. Ngāti Kuia tupuna had considerable knowledge of places for gathering kai and other taonga, ways in which to use the resources of the awa and whenua and tikanga for the proper and sustainable utilisation of resources. All these values remain important to Ngāti Kuia today. Te Hoiere was renowned for its natural resources, including fish, kereru, kakapo, tui and pakohe. Marutea is the name of the gre y pakohe found in Te Hoiere which was used by the tupuna to make toki. Many pā, kainga, urupā, wāhi tapu, occupation sites and fishing areas are located in the Te Hoiere regions of Mahakipaoa, Mahau, Kenepuru, Hikapu, Popoure, Karepo, Wakatahuri, Pohuenui, Waitata, Apuhau, Te Awaiti and Whakatotara. Wakaretu was a pā site. Kui a had a residenc e here. Mah akipaoa (Mahakipawa Arm) means ‘The Smoke Rises Cal mly’. This is a reference to the cremation of the dead practised by the tupuna in this area. If the smoke of the funeral pyre ascended uninterruptedly this was a good omen. If it dispersed this was a portent of death. There are several pā and kainga (with associated cultivations and urupā) atMahakipaoa. A kainga here was set alight by its own people to avoid it being taken by an iwi hou taua. A kainga was later rebuilt and occupied by Ngāti Kuia with accompanying cultivations and an urup ā. Moenui was still used as a kainga in the 1840s, with the urupā Te Kai ka-pokeka. While at Oruaputaputa, tupuna Hamuera Te Kawenga had a residence and cultivations in the 1850s and 60s. At Mahau Sound there were several pā and kainga (with associated cultivations and urupā) located at Moetapu, Ohingaroa Bay and Whataruhe (Black Point). Kenepuru Sound contained several pā and k ainga (with associated cultivations and urupā). K enepuru Head was the location of a pā and cultivations, while Waitaria was a residence of Mahanga in the 1860s. Goulter Bay, near Weka Point, and Te Matau- a-Maui Bay were also places of residence and cultivation. Hikapu Reach contained several pā and kainga (with associated cultivations and urupā) at Pinohia, Whatanihi and Pipi beach. Kokotoru (Mud Bay) was a pakohe shaping site. Maramatia (One Tree Point, Hikapu Reach) was a pā occupied by Ngāti Kuia in the 1830s and 184 0s. The name mea ns ‘Clear View’. The pā was located between One Tree Point and Pipi Beach which was the tauranga waka for those living in the area. Tupuna associated with these were Maihi, Pakauwera, Wirihana Kaipara and Tutatapu. Popoure Reach contained several pā and kainga (with associated cultivatio ns and urupā) at Opo uri Bay or ‘Place of Sadness’ (Nydia Bay), Tamatea (Maori Bay), Pokokini (Southeast Bay), Pirau-ngaehe (Yncyca Bay) and Tamure-kawawe (North West Bay). Karepo had several pā, kainga and cultivations and associated urupā at Ouokaha Island, in Hopai Bay proper, and one opposite Ouokaha Island at Kopai. One pā lay between Te Tau Ihu Statutory Acknowledgements Page 27 of 163