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Te Kāpiti Waewae tradition
Te Ara describes a Kupe tradition associated with the name Te Kāpiti Waewae. The photograph is credited to Lloyd Homer, GNS Science, reference CN42462. The page explicitly requires GNS Science permission for image use.
Te Ara attributes to a tradition about Kupe separating the islands with his feet; present as a tradition attributed to the source, not as a geological account.
Documentary sources
A name linked to movement
The Te Kāpiti Waewae tradition belongs to the longer history of journeys, occupation and relationships across the coast and Cook Strait. It should be read with the other place-name narratives rather than treated as a modern tourist label.
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The accounts of Haunui-a-Nanaia, Rongomai and Waikanae provide a wider context for reading names as historical records.
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