to Takapourewa / Pouwhakarewarewa and its cultural, spiritual, historic and traditional values. TE AUMITI (FRENCH PASS SCENIC RESERVE) This wāhi tapu incorporates our cultural values of take kitea and take tupuna. It is a place which our tupuna discovered, named and used. Ngāti Kuia korero tuku iho states that Kupe pursued some of his crew who had deserted his waka from Nukuwaiata. A group of them, Kereopa and his whnau, evaded Kupe by ā landing at this wāhi tapu and going to Whakat u. Whakapapa Tatai hikohiko Ngāti Kuia korero tuku ih o states that Hine, a daughter Kupe of Kupe, had a kaitiaki called to Te Kawau-a-Toru whose role was to test the currents of the waters. Te Kawau- Hine a-Toru drowned in his attempt to test the currents of Matuahautere the pass here. Kupe named Te Aumiti-a-Te Kawau-a- Toru w hich means ‘The Current that Swallowed Te Matuakuha Kawau-a-Toru ’. Tukauae Kuia He named the reef there Te Tokanui o Te Parirau o Te Kawau o Toro (‘The Large Reef Formed by the Wing of Toro’s Shag’) becaus e his broken wing became the reef. Ngāti Kuia korero tuku iho states that the king shags residing there to this day are the descendants of Te Kawau-a-Toru. Kupe, having already lamented the loss of his kaitiaki here, pursued the other deserters along Rangitoto. Whakapapa Tatai hikohiko Ngāti Kuia korero tuku iho states that Matuahautere and Kaikai-a-waro Kaikai-a-waro visited this wāhi tapu following the korero of their tupuna Kupe. He left his tupuna kaitiaki, Kaikai- Matua-hautere a-waro, to guide his descendants through the pass. Matua-kuha Kaikai-a-waro has a rua nearby at Te Anatoto called Kaimahi for this purpose. Tukauae Kuia These korero tuku iho are used as oral maps by our iwi for the area and created a number of ass ociations and c ustoms observed by Ngāti Kuia to this day . Te Aumiti incorporates our cultural values of take ahi ka. There are a number of Ngā ti Kuia wā hi tapu connected to Te Aumiti. This was a major route for travelling east and west. It was particularly important for the Ngāti Kuia pakohe industry between Rangitoto and the mainland as a reception and distribution place. These sites include: Te Tau Ihu Statutory Acknowledgements Page 31 of 163