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Oke Bay, Pewhairangi
Public
Wāhi Tapu Area
List No. 9854
List Entry Information
Status
Listed
List Entry Status
Wāhi Tapu Area
Access
Able to Visit
List Number
9854
Date Entered
17th February 2022
Date of Effect
28th March 2022
City/District Council
Far North District
Region
Northland Region
Extent of List Entry
Extent includes the land known as Lot 8 DP 58339 (Oke Bay Scenic Reserve), Hauai 2EMāori Reservation Opourua Cemetery, Lot 9 DP51670 (Oke Bay Scenic Reserve), andincluding parts of land known as Lot 3 DP 51670, Lot 5 DP 51670, Lot 6 DP 51670,Hauai 2G2B, Hauai 2G2A and Rawhiti 6 following the Cape Brett Track. These featuresare interconnected.
Legal description
Extent includes the land known as Lot 8 DP 58339 (Oke Bay Scenic Reserve), Hauai 2E Māori Reservation Opourua Cemetery, Lot 9 DP51670 (Oke Bay Scenic Reserve), and including parts of land known as Lot 3 DP 51670, Lot 5 DP 51670, Lot 6 DP 51670, Hauai 2G2B, Hauai 2G2A and Rawhiti 6 following the Cape Brett Track. These features are interconnected.
Location Description
Oke Bay Rāwhiti Bay of Islands
Status
Listed
List Entry Status
Wāhi Tapu Area
Access
Able to Visit
List Number
9854
Date Entered
17th February 2022
Date of Effect
28th March 2022
City/District Council
Far North District
Region
Northland Region
Extent of List Entry
Extent includes the land known as Lot 8 DP 58339 (Oke Bay Scenic Reserve), Hauai 2EMāori Reservation Opourua Cemetery, Lot 9 DP51670 (Oke Bay Scenic Reserve), andincluding parts of land known as Lot 3 DP 51670, Lot 5 DP 51670, Lot 6 DP 51670,Hauai 2G2B, Hauai 2G2A and Rawhiti 6 following the Cape Brett Track. These featuresare interconnected.
Legal description
Extent includes the land known as Lot 8 DP 58339 (Oke Bay Scenic Reserve), Hauai 2E Māori Reservation Opourua Cemetery, Lot 9 DP51670 (Oke Bay Scenic Reserve), and including parts of land known as Lot 3 DP 51670, Lot 5 DP 51670, Lot 6 DP 51670, Hauai 2G2B, Hauai 2G2A and Rawhiti 6 following the Cape Brett Track. These features are interconnected.
Location Description
Oke Bay Rāwhiti Bay of Islands
Historical and Associated Iwi / Hapū / Whānau
Iwi: Ngāpuhi
Hapu: Ngāti Kuta
Iwi: Ngāpuhi
Hapu: Patukeha
Public NZAA Number
Q05/150
Other Information
Te Araaka was a tribal pathway taken by the tūpuna of Ngāti Kuta and Patukeha when interring tūpāpaku in their ancestral rua kōiwi. Ope tauā returning from journeys to the south would stop at Oke Bay with the tūpāpaku of the fallen. Tūpāpaku were then lifted by aka vines up the cliff, hence the literal name of ‘The Path of Vines.’ After final preparations at Hauai, the tūpāpaku would be carried along the trail following the ridgeline and up to the burial caves of Rakaumangamanga. As part of the wider cultural landscape, Te Araaka was a section of a longer tribal walkway that connected inner Ipipiri1 to Te Rāwhiti and Rakaumangamanga. The Te Araaka urupā2 maintains the associations of intergenerational mana and tapu of the hapū by being situated on an ancient ridgeline pā and is still used today. Te Araaka is therefore an ancestral connection between the current urupā and the ancient rua kōiwi of Ngāti Kuta, Patukeha, and the wider Ngāpuhi collective.
Historical and Associated Iwi / Hapū / Whānau
Iwi: Ngāpuhi
Hapu: Ngāti Kuta
Iwi: Ngāpuhi
Hapu: Patukeha
Public NZAA Number
Q05/150
Other Information
Te Araaka was a tribal pathway taken by the tūpuna of Ngāti Kuta and Patukeha when interring tūpāpaku in their ancestral rua kōiwi. Ope tauā returning from journeys to the south would stop at Oke Bay with the tūpāpaku of the fallen. Tūpāpaku were then lifted by aka vines up the cliff, hence the literal name of ‘The Path of Vines.’ After final preparations at Hauai, the tūpāpaku would be carried along the trail following the ridgeline and up to the burial caves of Rakaumangamanga. As part of the wider cultural landscape, Te Araaka was a section of a longer tribal walkway that connected inner Ipipiri1 to Te Rāwhiti and Rakaumangamanga. The Te Araaka urupā2 maintains the associations of intergenerational mana and tapu of the hapū by being situated on an ancient ridgeline pā and is still used today. Te Araaka is therefore an ancestral connection between the current urupā and the ancient rua kōiwi of Ngāti Kuta, Patukeha, and the wider Ngāpuhi collective.
Location
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