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11. Awaawakino
Awaawakino is also known as Maurices Bay and has a sandy beach located westward of Torere Bay from Hauriri point.
10. Te Toka a Rūtaia
Te Toka (The Rock) Rūtaia is part of an outcrop cluster of Tarakeha headland that defines the end of Maurice’s Bay. The name comes from the well-known ancestor Rūtaia known to reside within the area whose accomplishments the name Tarakeha also derives.
9. Tunapahore to Te Waipuna
The area of Tunapahore was a main settlement area of Ngaitai and follows on from Torere Bay eastward to Hawai Bay where the ancient Te Waipuna stream meets the ocean. This area is culturally and historically significant to Ngaitai.
8. Te Toka Puta a Taikehu
Te Toka Puta a Taikehu defines the eastern point of Torere Bay also known locally as Te Hānoa point. The area and both of these names are significant as they relate to the disembarkation of Torerenuiarua from the Tainui waka.
7. Te One
Te One with rocky shoreline to the open stone beach of Torere Bay. Famous among Ngaitai for its ancient Pohutukawa, parts of Te One beach, foreshore and the headland hillock above are considered very sacred.
6. Hauriri
Hauriri also known as Haurere defines the Western end of Torere Bay and is a prominent coastal and landscape feature of Ngaitai and the Bay of Plenty region. Ridgelines are considered very sacred.
5. Rangiāhua
The maunga Rangiāhua is a significant cultural and historical site of Ngaitai honoured by the whakatauki:
He iti taku iti, he iti kōpara
Taku āhua ki ā Rangiāhua
Rite ana ki te maungatiketike
Ki te maunga rānei ō te tangata
Ahakoa te paku
Pioi ana te tihi ō te kahikatea
4. Wainui
The Wainui River flows out to Torere bay and begins from the inland Torere River and native bush lands approximately 400m above sea level. Wainui holds significant historical aspects including where Torerenuiarua first met Manaakiao thus beginning their romance as she followed the river inland soon after her arrival.
3. Pukeiahunoa
Torerenuiarua first came ashore within this area. It was named Pukeiahunoa as it commemorates the act Torerenuiarua performed when she buried herself under the shingle sand and seashells to keep herself warm. The area is a site of significance and sacred to the Ngaitai Iwi.
2. Torere Village
The metaphorical ‘body’ of the Ngaitai rohe, Torere is the turangawaewae tuturu o Ngaitai and the home of Ngaitai Iwi, the descendants of Torerenuiarua and Manaakiao. Situated 25km east of the nearest town Opotiki, Torere has a resident population of approximately 280 people and Ngaitai have had contiguous occupation of over 98% of their lands mai ra no…..
Nga Ahi kaa of Torere keep the “home fires burning”. They work tirelessly and on a voluntary basis, to keep our Ngaitaitanga alive today so that future generations will be able to stand proud within the ancient knowledge of their tipuna.
2a. Torere Marae
The ‘heart, the manawa’ of Ngaitai, Torere Marae remains our focal point to this day.
The first meeting house, Tainui, was named after the first born of Torerenuiarua and Manaakiao. It was built during the early 1800’s situated at Tuhiauau. In 1901, a new meeting house was built and the pa site relocated to Waiharoro, on lands gifted to the Ngaitai people.
2b. Torere Anglican Church
The Holy Trinity Memorial Church was built in the 1950’s under voluntary labour by the late Timi Kauta and Manuhiri Davis. The whariki designs were woven by Ngaitai women under the supervision of the late Papakahawai Herewini and her daughter Ngamoki Richmond. It was a labour of love for those young men of Ngaitai who made the supreme sacrifice in both WWI and WWII. A fragment of stone from the ruins of St Paul’s Cathedral, London, was gifted to the Church and is set to the right of the exterior Church door.
1. Kapuarangi
The ‘head’ of the Ngaitai rohe and a significant landscape, historical and cultural feature for Ngaitai, Kapuārangi stands to meet the clouds inland almost 700m above sea level on the verge of the Raukūmara foothills, the Takapūtahi Valley and River as well, captures further south the ranges of the Whitikau and Toatoa Valleys. Kapuārangi is the beacon for many corridors traversed in ancient times but remains a sanctuary for Ngaitai today.
