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 Arawa Fishing Licences 2024
Aurakihia ngā wai whakahoki mai. Nau mai te kāhui kaihao o Te Arawa waka, ko Waitī e karanga ana. We are now taking Expressions of Interest for Te Arawa Fishing Licences 2024. To secure your entry, please complete the form below by 6 September 2024 or visit...
Te Tūkohu Ngāwhā Mātauranga Māori Science and Design Fair returns for 2024!
For its third year in a row, Te Tūkohu Ngāwhā is inviting all young people across the Te Arawa rohe and beyond to engage with their taiao; to think about how the current threats and issues it faces can be mitigated through solutions, acknowledging mātauranga Māori and...
Spray plan 2 for Te Arawa Lakes Aquatic Weed Management 2024
Te Waikai Otaota: Te Mahere Nui Spray plan 2 for Te Arawa Lakes Aquatic Weed Management 2024 Koheri ra! Kohera e! Tutapa mai nuku, tutapa mai whiti Kia rongo te pō, kia rongo te ao Kia pā tata mai tō hau manawa Ki tōku aronga manawa Hai puta ki te whai ao, ki te ao...
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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.