This Hine-parawhenua area incorporates our cultural values of take kitea and take tipuna. It is a place which our tipuna discovered, explored, named and used. Whakapapa Tatai hikohiko Kupe Hine Our tipuna Kupe explored the outer Marlborough Sounds, Matuahautere known to us as Te Au a Kaikaiawaro. He had a tauranga Matuakuha waka called Te Ope-a-Kupe at Anamāhanga (Port Gore). Tukauae There are many geographical features named in his Kuia exploration in the area by him. Ngāti Kuia are the first of his descendants to permanently reside in this area. Whakapapa Tatai hikohiko Kaikaiawaro Matuahautere Matuahautere in his waka Te Hoiere followed the korero Matuakuha tuku iho of his tipuna Kupe and came to the Pelorus Tukauae Sound, guided by his kaitiaki Kaikaiawaro. He explored Kuia the Pelorus Sound which he named after his waka Te Hoiere. There are numerous geographical features named by him. Whakapapa Matuakuha Tuhuaia Te Puna a Tawhaki is an island named after our tipuna Tawake Tawhaki who employed a certain battle tactic which led to the naming of this Island. Whakapapa Whatonga Ngāti Kuia has numerous islands and features named Tumatakokiri = Moeawhiti after our tipuna. Puangiangi, Hautai, Nukuwaiata are Rangikarere = Puhikereru some of these and they take their names from our tipuna Nukuwaiata who are buried there. Whakapapa Nukuwaiata was an island where we gathered tītī, koura, Tumatakokiri = Moeawhiti paua and fished. Tīt ī Island was named by our tipuna Pani = Puangiangi because he found tītī there. It became a significant and Hautai iconic wāhi tapu for our iwi as generations harvested the tītī and fished the tauranga ika nearb y. Ngāt i Kuia tipuna had names for the currents and other features of the Hine- parawhenua area, including: Te Moana Raukawakawa (Cook Straight). Te Au a Tokarere (Guards Pass). Te Papanui-a-Puta (‘The Great Rock of Puta’). This is also known as Sentinel Rock and derives its name from a Ngāti Kuia traditional story about Puta and Whiro . Ngāti Kuia tr adition states that our tipun a Hinepoupou stopped at Te P apnui-a- puta (Sentinel Rock) and discovered a tauranga ika (fishing ground) on her epic swim from Kapiti Island to Rangitoto where she lived. Other places Ngāti Kuia named include Te Pua o Te Wheke, a coastal urupā. Te Urenui (Fifeshire Rock, Nelson). Moturoa (Rabbit Island, Waimea). Te Tai Aorere (the tides from Aorere) (Tasman Bay). Te Tai Tapu (the sacred tides), named for the journey of our dead as they head towards Te One Tahua (Farewell Spit). Te Tau Ihu Statutory Acknowledgements Page 41 of 163