Wrong,Te takapu o Tapuika is from the papamoa hills to Te awa o te Atua in matatā,Tauranga was claimed by Hei for his son Waitaha,who were later concured and kicked out by Ngai te rangi.Tapuika gave his kin 1000 acres of whenua in his rohe/region to replenish his iwi and go back and reclaim their whenua,hence the name Manoeka in Te puke where Hei Marae and the uri of Waitaha reside today,cause they never left and went back to Tauranga to reclaim their whenua.
Otawa is the maunga belonging to waitaha HEI layed the mauri te rai o papamoa belongs to WAITAHA and is the place wer Tamatekapa and HEI had their kai whakamotunga before there haerenga to MOEHAU RUARANGI still holds the mana whenua to day TAKAKOPIRI is the MAN .WAITAHA fort the PATUPAEAREHE for this land motungarara manoeka is a TAKE RAUPATU korero no tribe or pakeha gave the manoeka people their land the maunga OTAWA belongs to the TE ARAWA WAKA
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Wrong,Te takapu o Tapuika is from the papamoa hills to Te awa o te Atua in matatā,Tauranga was claimed by Hei for his son Waitaha,who were later concured and kicked out by Ngai te rangi.Tapuika gave his kin 1000 acres of whenua in his rohe/region to replenish his iwi and go back and reclaim their whenua,hence the name Manoeka in Te puke where Hei Marae and the uri of Waitaha reside today,cause they never left and went back to Tauranga to reclaim their whenua.
Otawa is the maunga belonging to waitaha HEI layed the mauri te rai o papamoa belongs to WAITAHA and is the place wer Tamatekapa and HEI had their kai whakamotunga before there haerenga to MOEHAU RUARANGI still holds the mana whenua to day TAKAKOPIRI is the MAN .WAITAHA fort the PATUPAEAREHE for this land motungarara manoeka is a TAKE RAUPATU korero no tribe or pakeha gave the manoeka people their land the maunga OTAWA belongs to the TE ARAWA WAKA
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