Pakikaikutu
Whangārei-te-rerenga-parāoa
Whangārei-te-rerenga-parāoa is an area on the northern side of Whangārei Harbour. In 2021 Whangārei-te-rerenga-parāoa was designated as a Rohe Moana, a defined customary fishing area, adjacent to the Patuharakeke Rohe Moana on the south side of the Harbour.
Sites of significance
Rangitihi
Rangitihi is a pā site on the hill which rises above the nine land blocks which make up Pakikaikutu.
Tamaterau
Tamaterau is a settlement on the shoreline of Whangārei-te-rerenga-parāoa.
Whangārei-te-rerenga-parāoa
Whangārei-te-rerenga-parāoa is an area on the northern side of Whangārei Harbour.
Rangitihi
Rangitihi is a pā site on the hill which rises above the nine land blocks which make up Pakikaikutu, in the Tamaterau rohe on the northern side of Whangarei Harbour.
Sites of significance
Rangitihi
Rangitihi is a pā site on the hill which rises above the nine land blocks which make up Pakikaikutu.
Tamaterau
Tamaterau is a settlement on the shoreline of Whangārei-te-rerenga-parāoa.
Whangārei-te-rerenga-parāoa
Whangārei-te-rerenga-parāoa is an area on the northern side of Whangārei Harbour.
Tamaterau
Tamaterau is a settlement on the shoreline of Whangārei-te-rerenga-parāoa, the northern side of Whangārei Harbour at the Whangārei Heads. Tamaterau has been a site of gardening and cultivation, kaimoana gathering, communal gatherings and other traditional Māori practices and activities. Tamaterau’s shoreline has also been an important tauranga waka (landing/departure point for waka). Ngati Pūkenga were known for their skills in combat and the naming of the beach Tamaterau (100 men) would indicate that battle was an imminent threat.
Sites of significance
Rangitihi
Rangitihi is a pā site on the hill which rises above the nine land blocks which make up Pakikaikutu.
Tamaterau
Tamaterau is a settlement on the shoreline of Whangārei-te-rerenga-parāoa.
Whangārei-te-rerenga-parāoa
Whangārei-te-rerenga-parāoa is an area on the northern side of Whangārei Harbour.
Video transcript
[Eerie sound of spinning pūrerehua.]
(Drone aerial view over bush-covered hills.)
(Yellow Te Tāwharau o Ngāti Pūkenga logo appears in the centre of the screen. The word ‘Pakikaikutu’ in yellow box followed by ‘Te Whenua’ appear on screen before disappearing.)
[Sound of flute.]
(Video cuts to drone aerial view of tidal estuary.)
(Video cuts to drone view of tidal estuary rising over trees and driveway with green hills in the background.)
(Yellow Te Tāwharau o Ngāti Pūkenga logo appears in the centre of the screen.)
The northernmost Ngāti Pūkenga settlement is Pakikaikutu in Whangārei Harbour. This gift of land was made by many of the chiefs of Whangārei, including the great Tirarau of Te Parawhau.
The gift was in recognition of a major breach of tikanga when a man from Ngāti Pūkenga was killed by a local for no reason. As compensation, the local tribes gifted Ngāti Pūkenga the place where their man had been felled. The area of land was large enough for them to remain on the land and become tangata whenua along with the other tribes of Whangarei. Ngāti Pūkenga accepted the whenua as compensation. These actions wiped the slate clean, and from that time on Ngāti Pūkenga were equal in mana with the other local tribes. Ngāti Pūkenga settled on this land, which was known as Pakikaikutu.
Ko Rangitihi te maunga
Ko Taihi te awa
Ko Whangārei-te-rerenga-paraoa te moana
Ko Mataatua te waka
Ko Pakikaikutu te whenua