Whatapakoko and others were living in the Motueka River area in the 1840s and the site was included in the Te Hoiere claim made by Ngāti Kuia in 188 3. Ngāti Kuia tupuna had considerable knowledge of places for gathering kai and other taonga, ways in which to use the resources of the moana and whenua and tikanga for the proper and sustainable utilisation of resources. All these values remain important to Ngāti Kuia toda y. This wāhi tapu 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. The Motueka River incorporates 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 awa. We have a responsibility and obligation to this place and its cultural, spiritual, historic and/or traditional values. This wāhi tapu 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 world. The Motueka River incorporates 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 awa. We have a responsibility and obligation to this place and its cultural, spiritual, historic and/or traditional values. ANATOKI RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES This wāhi tapu incorporates our cultural values of take tupuna. It is a place which our tupuna explored and used. It incorporates our cultural values of take ahi ka. It is a core part of our cultural identity. We are identified as tangata whenua here. Anatoki means the cave of the adze. This awa (river) flows into Motupipi and was part of an area used for its food sources. According to Ngāti Kuia tradition a series of pahi, mahinga kai (especially birding areas) and cultivations are associated with this river and its environs. The Ngāti Kuia tupuna Te Koheta had a residence nearby after he killed the taniwha Ngarara Huarau at Parapara. Te Kawau also had a residence near here. Anatoki was an area included in the Te Hoiere claim made by Ngāti Kuia in 1883. Ngāti Kuia tupuna had considerable knowledge of places for gathering kai and other taonga, ways in which to use the resources of the moana and whenua and tikanga for the proper and sustainable utilisation of resources. All these values remain important to Ngāti Kuia toda y. This wāhi tapu 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 world. The Anatoki River incorporates 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 awa. We have a responsibility and obligation to this place and its cultural, spiritual, historic and/or traditional values. STATEMENT OF COASTAL ASSOCIATION “E kore a Parawhenua e haere, ki te kore a Rakahore” (“Water wouldn ot fl o w if it were not for rock - the interdependence of life”). This whakatauki is an expression of how our atua Hine-parawhenua (atua of foreshore) and Rakahore (atua of rocks) have to co- exist. Hine-parawhenua and Rakahore are descendants of Tane, as we Ngāti Kuia are. The Hine-parawhenua (coastline) area forms part of Te Kupenga a Kuia (the net of Kuia) area of interest. We describe the area of the coastal Statutory Acknowledgement as our tipuna and atua. Te Tau Ihu Statutory Acknowledgements Page 40 of 163