Te Arawa Lakes Trust
Managing Te Arawa’s Settlement Assests
Te Arawa Lakes Trust was established in 2006 to receive, manage and administer the trust funds on behalf of and for the benefit of present and future members of Te Arawa, including 14 lakes.
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Bringing hapū together to discuss comprehensive stormwater consent
Te Papa Ahurewa are set to host a Hui-Taumata to discuss the Comprehensive Stormwater Consent and welcome all whānau, hapū and iwi communities. Te Papa Ahurewa manager Haimona Te Nahu says, “The consent is an undertaking of any stormwater related activities and...
Uwhi installed in Kaikaitāhuna off the back of a successful 12-month trial
Te Arawa Lakes Trust has broken new ground in its highly successful Uwhi trial, installing a new, hand-weaved harakeke mat in Kaikaitāhuna [Hamurana Springs] today. Following a karakia, led by local hapū, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Te Arawa Lakes Trust divers carried the Papa...
Lani Kereopa joins Māori-led climate action platform
Te Arawa Lakes Trust welcomes the Climate Change Minister’s announcement of a new interim group tasked with constructing a framework for Te Ao Māori responses to the climate crisis. Te Arawa Lakes Chair Geoff Rolleston says, “The newly announced Māori climate action...
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Our Origins
The Te Arawa people of the Bay of Plenty are the offspring of Pūhaorangi, a celestial being who descended from the heavens to sleep with the beautiful maiden Te Kuraimonoa.
From this union came the revered ancestor Ohomairangi. He was responsible for protecting Taputapuātea marae — a place of learning on the island of Raiatea or Rangiātea, in the Polynesian homeland known as Hawaiki. High priests from all over the Pacific came to Rangiātea to share their knowledge of the genealogical origins of the universe and of deep-ocean navigation.
By the time Ohomairangi’s revered descendant, Atuamatua, was born the people were known as Ngāti Ohomairangi and lived in the village of Maketū. Atuamatua married the four granddaughters of Ruatapu. A generation later, six of their sons, Tia, Hei, Rakauri, Houmaitawhiti, Oro and Makaa became the leading family group of Ngāti Ohomairangi.