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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Controlled Area Notice
Controlled Area Notice As of Friday, November 10, 2023, our Te Arawa Rotomoana have been allocated a biosecurity shield to help prevent a freshwater gold clam invasion. Under a new conditional controlled area notice also known as a Conditional CAN, before entering any...
Te Waikai Otaota is ready to go again
Te Waikai Otaota, our treatment for lake weed on our Te Arawa lakes is set to take place again. Te Tukunga Waikai Otaota which is our aquatic weed control operations will be taking place intermittently between 01 November and the 10 December 2023 in Lake Rotorua, Lake...
Strengthening Our Commitment to Protecting Lake Ōkataina and Our Te Arawa Lakes System
MĀWHARU O MĀHURU - TUESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2023 Strengthening Our Commitment to Protecting Lake Ōkataina and Our Te Arawa Lakes System Te Arawa Lakes Trust is committed to support Ngāti Tarāwhai in their efforts to safeguard Lake Ōkataina from the potential threat...
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AGM 2024 Registration Form
Te Arawa Lakes Trust Hui ā-Tau: RSVP for Annual General Meeting Nau mai, haere tonu mai ki Te Hui ā-Tau! Our Hui ā-Tau is fast approaching and we encourage our iwi members who whakapapa to Te Arawa, our Tupuna Rohe and our Kōroto to RSVP by 30th November to...
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.