Otarawao. This was the pa of Te Whetu and approximately 200 people were living there in 1840. Coastal areas of significance around Rangitoto (i.e. the ‘Off Lying Islands’ ): The Trio‘s. Ngāti Kōata have tītī birding rights here from an Order in Council signed by GG Sir Bernard Ferguson Te Kurukuru Island Taunahaika Island. Used as a safe anchorage prior to going out the groper grounds at Rakau Tara. Rāhuinui Island. Previou sly known incorrectly as Rehonui Island Araiawa Island Tuna Rocks (including Māhi Rock). Ngāti Kōata gathered tuna and eels here during the month of March (Māhi ). Puna-a-Tawheke. Also known as Puna o te Wheke or Scuffle Island. Ngā Māhanga Island (The Twins) Waihaere Island. Waihaere was a Rangitāne chief who lived at Bottle Point Pā. Cone Island Hapuka Island. Named because hapuka used to be plentiful here. Penguin Island Hautai Island, an urupā Frog Island Paddock Rocks. Covers a large waterway. Consists of two rocks with large holes in them. One (Hole in the Wall), an archway which vessels of up to 60 feet can pass through. The other has a hole down the cen tre that goes 20 feet under water. Ngā ti Kōata would sit on top of this rock a nd fis h from the hole. Taparerere Island. Currently known as Tapuareroutuutu or Chicot Rock. Tawhi Island. Named after the young boy taken away from Kapiti Island and brought to the D ‘Urville Island area. Te Horo Island. Coastal areas of significance around Anaru (Elmslie Bay or French Pass): Te Aumiti Lighthouse. The only lighthouse in the world where safe passage lies in the red sector. Te Tokonui o te Parirau o te Kawau-a-Toru (The large reef formed by the broken wing of Toru‘s shag). The French Pass reef was created by Te Kawau a Toru – the pet shag of Kupe‘s daughter Toru. The shag came to New Zealand with Kupe. It is commonly known as the King Shag. The role of the shag was to test the currents for its master Kupe and report back whether it was possible to navigate the waters or not - or what tide was best to approach any given situation. The first time the shag was required by Kupe was to test the waters at Pandora Bank off Ninety Mile Beach. The shag tested the currents, by dipping its wing into the water and getting a reading through its feathers of the speed of the current and whether Kupe could navigate in that general direction. In this case, the shag reported to Kupe that it was fair sailing. Next time that Te Kawau a Toru was required to give a report was at the Raukawa Moana (Cook Strait). The shag went down by the Brothers and through Cook Strait. It tested the current and reported back to its owner that if Kupe timed his journey through Cook Strait with an ebb tide having come down the west coast of the North Island, he would have a favourable trip through the Cook Strait into the Wellington region. The third time that the shag was required to test the currents was at French Pass. The shag was advised by local birds to test the current before it got too strong because it is a very dangerous waterway. The shag ignored that advice, because the shag‘s role was to test the cur rent at its peak, to give its owner a true report on what to expect. As the shag was testing the current at French Pass, it was Te Tau Ihu Statutory Acknowledgements Page 65 of 163