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Tiro atu ki Kotoremuia peka atu ki tō ana i Te Parikarangaranga kau atu i te Kopurererua Tae atu ki Nanako-ki-maiwiiwi Patu mai ki Tūkarere, aue e wahine e… Whai atu koe i Huria, i roto i a Tataramoa Ki te aropuke me te whakapae waka Arā te whāngai a Tamarāwaho me te Motuapae A puta ki Wairau Haere Taurikura e Taurikura, Taurikura e Kei te matuanui tō whakamutunga e Taurikura, Taurikura e… Let me talk about Te Kopurererua… The cool, clear fresh waters of the ngahere, from the mountains of Pūwhenua & Ōtanewainuku, flows down the valley we call Te Parikarangaranga (the echoing hills), to form what is today, Te Kopurererua. A stream where we often went to as young people, the banks of which were clustered with native trees plus large bushes of flax from whence my mother and others went to fetch their harakeke for making kite and whāriki. Along the foreshore of the Waikareao estuary, is where my mother would take kite and whāriki for dying purposes. This place was called Parekaia, and currently, that is where the Tauranga Archers Club now stands. In between waiting for them to gather enough flax, we would do our own thing as kids; jumping into the cold waters for a swim sometimes catching eels, a beautiful playground nearby called the Te Auetū Valley, named after one of our ancestors, Te Auetū. My thoughts now turn closer to home. From the Ōtūmoetai Railway bridge which spans the entry and receding waters of Te Awanui, lies the once aptly name Waikareao estuary (sparkling waters), and a particular area within which we called, Te Kete Kai a Tamarāwaho. Ngā momo ika katoa – tūangi, pipi, pupu, titiko, tuna, pātiki, kōheriheri. And into the Waikareao flows the pollutants of the industrial area that sits on the banks of the Kopurererua river/stream. The aftermath of which the stream flows into has impacted on the Waikareao and when you see the mangroves growing there today and 6
the silt that emanates from the Kopurererua into the once clean Waikareao estuary, people will understand how we feel about what is happening. If one could land an airplane on the Tauranga side of the Waikareao estuary, then you can imagine how firm, hard and sandy the beach was in those days, where today it’s totally incomparable. The plane that landed there was that of Kingsford-Smith, back in the 1930s, and I was privy to that; running across the channel when the tide was out and watching as Kingsford-Smith landed his plane on our estuary. Oh, how time has changed things. At the high water mark, as the tides flow in the erosion that has been created, for one various reason or another, I think we can judge the reason why these things are happening and it becomes difficult to imagine how this could happen. Not only to the Kopurererua nor just the Waikareao, but to our main harbour known as Te Awanui. This land is the Waikareao, the Kopurererua and Te Awanui. Progress may be inevitable, but I also know that these waterways have been and still are very much an integral part of our culture, our lives. Te Awanui and some its many tributaries which I have named above, has been more than just a place for gathering seafood and providing sustenance to whanau, hapu and iwi. It has been pivotal to sustaining a way of life, maintaining well-being, upholding cultural and spiritual practices, which are all integral and a part of me as Ngai Tamarawaho, and as Ngati Ranginui. 2. General Position of TRW on the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill. I oppose the Bill. The Bill fails to recognise and provide for the mana and authority that our hapu and iwi have exercised in relation to our takutai Moana from time immemorial, and that were protected by Te Tiriti o Waitangi. There are particular aspects of the Bill that are discriminatory and reinforce earlier injustices to Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui caused by raupatu and therefore amount to continuing breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The Bill does not meaningfully understand Maori values, concepts or ideals, it seeks to limit the practice of tikanga Maori by Maori. 7
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