Papatuanuku). The separation was effected by their son Tanenui a Ran gi who severed their arms with the celebrated adze Te Awhiorangi, believed to be made from pakohe. Just as the red sky symbolises the blood of the primal parents splashed across the body of Ranginui (the sky father), the island of Rangitoto ki Te Tonga represents the mystical adze and is acknowledged as the source of much of the pakohe that comprised much of the earliest taonga found at Wairau Bar. It is from the Atua Tanenui a Ran gi, holder of the first ritual pakohe adze, that Rangitāne-nui the person was n amed, and from whom the present day Rangitāne iwi derive their identity. These completed adzes and other tools were of high quality, and while distributed all around Aotearoa many were buried at Wairau with the artisans that created them. Their graves were excavated by Duff and Eyles in the mid 20th century and over 2,000 highly prized tools made from pakohe were removed and are currently held at Canterbury Museum. Adzes, clubs, and knives made of pakohe from the same original quarries have also been found at pā and kāinga of Rangitāne in other places in the Wairau, Awatere and Clarence from more recent times. Many taonga / artifacts made of pakohe have been retained by Rangitāne iwi mem bers, such as the Patu Te Horo and the Toki Pou Tangata Te Ao Hurihuri made of pakohe fr om Rangitoto and currently held at Omaka Marae in Blenheim. Te Tau Ihu Statutory Acknowledgements Page 53 of 163