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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Te Waikai Otaota: Te Arawa Lakes Aquatic Weed Treatment Set To Launch
Te Arawa Lakes Trust is ready to deliver Te Waikai Otaota - Te Arawa lakes aquatic weed treatment plan as part of a multi-faceted approach to restoring the lakes and waterways across Rotorua. Operations Manager William Anaru says Te Waikai Otaota is one of the many...
Te Mauri o Ōkāreka | Lake Ōkāreka – A Highlight Story
Ko Te Mauri o Ōkāreka tētahi mahinga nui hei ngaki ake i ngā otaota kei Ōkāreka. I te tīmatatanga o te tau, ka kite atu i te whakahekenga o ngā otaota ki te roto o Ōkāreka. I kōrero mātou ki a Rangitihi Pene, nānā rā te kōrero mō te maurī o Ōkāreka, arā ki ngā kōrero...
Five-day Rāhui placed on Lake Rotorua
A Rāhui will be in place on Lake Rotorua from Thursday 3 November to Monday 7 November. The Rāhui follows the finding of a tūpāpaku (body) on the lake’s shore between Te Paepae Hakumanu and Motutara Point. This morning, Ngāti Whakaue leaders Kingi Biddle and Monty...
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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.