Te Anamāhanga was the landing place of Kupe’s waka, Te Matahourua. Indentations on rocks were formed by Kupe’s footprints at Te Ope-a-Kupe. Karaka trees at Te Anamāhanga are known to the iwi as Te Karaka o Kupe, because the famous navigator is believed to have introduced them. Because of the associations with Kupe this iconic area remains central to the identit y of Rangitāne and the other Kurahaupō iwi. Kupe’s great granddaughter Waipuna w as the wife of Tautoki and mother of Rangitāne, from whom the iwi take their name. Te Ope-a-Kupe is a tauranga waka (canoe landing site) still used by the people today. This site was the landing place for important waka and tupuna including Te Ara-a- Tawhaki, the waka of Te Whaka mana, Tahatu, the waka of Tukanae, and Makawhio, th e waka of Te Huataki, an impor tant Rangitāne tupuna. Te Anamāhanga was one of the first places in Te Tau Ihu occupied by Rangitāne. It contains pā sites, cultivations, kainga and urupā. It was also an important fishing area (mahinga mataitai), giving access to koura, paua, karengo and kopakopa (a type of mussel) and birds, and was an important source of game introduced after contact (deer and pigs). MT STOKES (PARORORANGI) Parororangi (1203m) is the highest point in the Marlborough Sounds. It is a deeply tapu maunga. The name mean s ‘Stormy Sky ’. It is a place where hauhunga ceremonies were carried out. A race of mythical people called Patupaiarehe, said to be the first occupiers of Aotearoa, lived in remote mountain areas not usually trodden by humans. They are said to have spirited away Māori women to take as wives, and the offspring of these unions were known as konako or korako: people of light complexion. According to Rangitāne tradition two Patupaiarehe were captured on the Parororangi maunga by their tupuna. One was a man and one a woman. The man was killed and the woman became the wife of a rangatira. From them descended a line of beautiful women culminating in Kunari, the daughter of Tamahau, who had arrived in Te Tau Ihu on the waka Te Awatea. For Rangitāne their descent from the Patupaiarehe people represents a link between the spiritual and human realms; the ‘upper realm’ (te kauwau runga) and the ‘lower realm’ (te kauwau raro). These spiritual links to the past form an integral part of Rangitāne identity today. KOHI TE WAI (BOULDER BANK SCENIC RESERVE) Kohi te Wai was a pā, kainga, cultivation area, urupā and important fishing station located on what is now known as Mackay’s Bluff, near Whakatu (Nelson) on the landward end of Kohi te Wai (the Boulder Bank). Kohi te Wai is associated with Kupe. Two of his crew wished to stay in Te Waipounamu, and accompanied by two women, stole a canoe and set off. Kupe pursued them, but they recited karakia which caused the rocks which now form Kohi te Wai to fall from the cliffs at what is now known as Glenduan. This created a barrier and allowed them to escape Kupe.s wrath. Pā and cultivations at Kohi te Wai were observed by Dumont D ’Urville in 1827. He called the pā ‘Skoi-Tehai’. Later Kohi te Wai was the site of a battle with northern invaders. WAIRAU LAGOONS AND TE POKOHIWI / BOULDER BANK HISTORIC RESERVE The Wairau Lagoons and an associate d extensive complex of pā, kainga, cultivations and urupā formed the cultural, spiritual and economic heart of the Rangitāne iwi in the Wairau. The area remains central to the identity and mauri of the iwi. Te Tau Ihu Statutory Acknowledgements Page 45 of 163