Locality

TE ROHE - Locality

Our locality is depicted by the Mōteatea “Ka Hoki nei au” which acknowledges the tribal boundaries of Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Ngai Tai, Te Whakatōhea me Ngai Tūhoe.

Ka Hoki nei au ki te Tai Rāwhiti
Kei Tihirau ko Kauaetangohia
Kei Te Kaha ko te Tini-ō-Tūkāki
Kei Tōrerenuiarua ko Ngai Tai
Kei Omaramutu ko Tutāmure
Kei Opōtiki ko Te Whakatōhea
Ki Maungapōhatu Tuhoe Pōtiki
Moumou kai, Moumou taonga, Moumou tāngata ki te pō...”

The Rohe and its People

The Te Moana-a-Toi (Bay of Plenty) region was the landing point of several waka including Mataatua, Nukutere, Tākitimu, Arawa and Tainui. Many of the descendent iwi maintain their rohe in the region,

including Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tai, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau, Te Arawa, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāti Pūkenga.