Te Ātiawa ki Kāpiti iwi history

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Te Ātiawa ki Kāpiti iwi history

Puketapu ki Paraparaumu: published history and mana whenua

Puketapu ki Paraparaumu Hapū’s public history, published by Te Kāhui Mahi, describes the ancestral and settlement connections that underpin its continuing relationship with Paraparaumu. It identifies Te Uruhi and the Tikotu–Wharemaukū landscape and records the Trust’s establishment in 2021. The published account states the commitment to uphold mana whenua and mana moana. This is the hapū’s account and should be attributed as such.

The Kāpiti Coast District Council heritage account independently describes the early-1830s Te Uruhi pā, flax and food trade with whalers, and subsequent movements and land use. The accounts should be read together, without treating a council summary as a replacement for the hapū’s own voice.

Te Kāhui Mahi — Our Whakapapa · KCDC — Te Uruhi

Iwi-authored history and traditional place names

Iwi history and authority

Te Ātiawa histories of Kāpiti and Waikanae encompass migration, settlement, relationships with other iwi, place names, land and continuing responsibilities to the rohe. These histories cannot be reduced to the whaling period or to the perspective of European visitors.

Te Ātiawa history and the wider Kāpiti landscape

Te Ātiawa history on the Kāpiti Coast is inseparable from the wider history of migrations, settlement and relationships with neighbouring iwi. The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography describes movements of allies from Taranaki into the region in the years following the Battle of Waiorua, while the district’s historical chronology covers subsequent transformations in settlement and land use.

The coast as a lived landscape

Te Ātiawa history around Kāpiti involves ancestral relationships, movements, settlements, waterways and continuing connections. The coastal landscape should not be reduced to European station names: places such as Te Uruhi, Tikotu and Wharemaukū also carry histories maintained and interpreted by mana whenua.

Puketapu within the regional history

Puketapu ki Paraparaumu’s published account places Te Uruhi at the centre of its historical narrative. The Kāpiti Coast District Council heritage account describes early-nineteenth-century exchange of flax and food with whalers. Read these accounts together with the dedicated Puketapu books and the wider Te Ātiawa histories.

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