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Description
A small coastal island located at the southern extent of Frear Bay near the northern entrance to Whangaroa Bay. NZTopo50-AU28 646301; Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa statement: ‘A well known Pa site of The Tupuna Motupua of the Hapu of Ngati Kaitangata.’ All the information has been orally provided by our Kaumatua Wake Tua whom is 90 years of age, and states that he received this information from his grandfather Motukiwi Hone Tua, and ably supported by Kaumatua Rawiri Timoti whose great great grandmother Maungaroa was an elder sister to Motukiwi as well as Kaumatua Rawiri Henare and Kaumatua Pita Pangari. He has in his possession minutes (papatupu books) of the Land Commissioner’s hearings in Kaeo during their investigations of land ownership during the late 1800s and early 1900s, but will not allow transcribing or copying for fear of losing this long held information. Information also provided orally by Matua Rawiri Henare Kaumatua Mangatowai Marae.