Pāpāwai

Iwi

Ngāti Kahungunu
Hapū
Hapū

Ngāti Kahukura-āwhitia

Ngāti Kauihi

Ngāti Moe

Ngāti Muretu

Pāteika
Waka

Takitimu
District

Takitimu

Kei waho tata atu o Te Hūpēnui/Pāpāwai te marae o Pāpāwai, āhua 30 kiromita ki te tonga-mā-uru o Whakaoriori. Ko ngā hapū matua o tēnei marae ko Pāteika, ko Ngāti Kauihi, ko Ngāti Kahukura-āwhitia, ko Ngāti Muretū me Ngāti Moe. Ka mau nei a Ngāti Moe i te ingoa o te tipuna a Moe-te-ao nō Ngāi Tara me Rangitāne.

Ko te ingoa o te whare tipuna ko Hikurangi, ā, i noho mai hei whare manaaki i Te Kotahitanga o Te Pāremata Māori. 40 mita te roa, 20 mita te whānui o Hikurangi tuatahi i hangaia i te tau 1885. Ko te ingoa o te wharekai ko Te Waipounamu, ā, ko Rangiurunga te ingoa o te urupā. Ko ōna herenga kōrero, ko Takitimu te waka, ko Tararua te maunga, ko Ruamahanga te awa.

Link to information on Matau - Fish hook on the Auckland War Memorial Museum site