Maketū
Kaikokopu
The Kaikokopu stream flows into the Waihi estuary and runs alongside the Waewaetutuki lands of Ngāti Pūkenga. For Ngāti Pūkenga, the Kaikokopu stream was a prime source of the highly prized kōkōwai pigment used to paint warriors and colour carvings. The stream was also a source of whitebait, eels and fish and takes its name from the kokopu fish.
Sites of significance
Waewaetutuki
The Waewaetutuki land block, which borders the Waihi estuary, was awarded to Ngāti Pūkenga by the Native Land Court.
Kaikokopu
The Kaikokopu stream flows into the Waihi estuary and runs alongside the Waewaetutuki lands of Ngāti Pūkenga.
Ōwhara pā
Ōwhara is the site of a fortified pā located at the top of the cliffs above Little Waihi Estuary.
Ōwhara pā
Ōwhara is the site of a fortified pā located at the top of the cliffs above Little Waihi Estuary. Ōwhara was owned by Ngakohua, the eldest son of Ruangutu, a leader of Tapuika during the 1500s. Ngakohua gifted Ōwhara pā to his cousin Tamapahore and his iwi.
Sites of significance
Waewaetutuki
The Waewaetutuki land block, which borders the Waihi estuary, was awarded to Ngāti Pūkenga by the Native Land Court.
Kaikokopu
The Kaikokopu stream flows into the Waihi estuary and runs alongside the Waewaetutuki lands of Ngāti Pūkenga.
Ōwhara pā
Ōwhara is the site of a fortified pā located at the top of the cliffs above Little Waihi Estuary.
Waewaetutuki
The Waewaetutuki land block, which borders the Waihi estuary, was awarded to Ngāti Pūkenga by the Native Land Court. The award was in return for Ngāti Pūkenga support defending Maketū against Ngā Oho (Te Arawa) in the nineteenth century.
Sites of significance
Waewaetutuki
The Waewaetutuki land block, which borders the Waihi estuary, was awarded to Ngāti Pūkenga by the Native Land Court.
Kaikokopu
The Kaikokopu stream flows into the Waihi estuary and runs alongside the Waewaetutuki lands of Ngāti Pūkenga.
Ōwhara pā
Ōwhara is the site of a fortified pā located at the top of the cliffs above Little Waihi Estuary.
Video transcript
[Background music and the sound of insects.]
(Drone aerial view moving above stream and swamp.)
(Yellow Te Tāwharau o Ngāti Pūkenga logo appears in the centre of the screen. The words ‘Te Whenua’ followed by ‘Maketū’ in yellow box appear on screen before disappearing.)
(The word ‘Kaikokopu’ appears in a blue box with an arrow pointing to a stream.)
(Video cuts to drone aerial view above a tidal estuary.)
(The word ‘Kaikokopu’ appears in a blue box with an arrow pointing to a strip of land between tidal estuary and the sea.)
(Video cuts to a drone aerial view above a tidal estuary.)
(The word ‘Maketū’ appears in a blue box with an arrow pointing to a headland covered with trees and houses.)
(Yellow Te Tāwharau o Ngāti Pūkenga logo appears in the centre of the screen.)
Some of the uri of Pūkenga married into Te Arawa iwi and have occupied land in the rohe of Te Arawa since migrating from Ōpōtiki in the 17th century. Ngāti Pūkenga are one of the ahi kā iwi in the Maketū area in their own right. Ngāti Pūkenga at Maketū collectively use Te Awhe Marae alongside Ngāti Whakahemo, Ngāti Makino, Te Patuwai and Ngāti Pikiao. Ngāti Pūkenga’s dead are buried at Maketū and their descendants still reside in Maketū as Pūkenga.
In return for manaakitanga shown while helping defend Maketū in the 19th century, Ngāti Pūkenga ki Maketū was gifted the Waewaetutuki land block as part of the ‘Paengaroa Settlement’. The far reaches of the Waihī Estuary are the northern boundary of the Waewaetutuki block, which is bounded on the east by the Kaikōkopu River and extends south to Paengaroa.