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Ngā roto tāpokapoka

Te rākau taumatua, he karahuinga manu. Waihoki, te roto tāpokopoko, he wai whakahuihui, he pūkenga ora.

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Ngā roto tāpokapoka kei waenga taipū

He hira tonu ngā roto kei waenga taipū – ki tā te iwi kāinga titiro, ki tā te hapori titiro, ki tā te motu titiro, ki tā te ao anō titiro. Kia mahi tahi te onepū, te hau me te wai i ngā wāhi e nui ana te ua, tērā tonu pea he roto tāpokapoka i waenga tāhuahua te otinga. Ko tōna 200 nei ngā roto tāpokapoka kei Te Tai Tokerau he nui ake i te 0.5 heketea te horahanga. Kāore tētahi atu rohe i Aotearoa e paku kātata ki tēnei huhua. Kāore pea tētahi atu wāhi o te ao e pēnei rawa ana te maha ki te rohe āhua iti nei.

Nā te koni mutukore o ngā takutai i Aotearoa , e piri tata ana ngā roto taipū ki ētahi kōreporepo taineke nei. He wharu ētahi, he repo ētahi. Ko ētahi atu momo kōreporepo kitea ai i ngā pūnaha taipū, ko ēnei:

Dune slacks, (dune swale or dune hollows) Ahipara, New Zealand

He roto tāpokapoka, i Ahipara

Ko tā ngā roto kei waenga taipū (e kīia ana e Te Hiku o Te Ika he roto tāpokapoka), he pupuri i te wai me te taiora, e ora ai te matahuatanga o ngā tipu noho takutai, noho wai.

Rights: Manatārua: Northland Regional Council. Nō roto mai i Te Reo o Te Repo – The Voice of the Wetland.

Ngā papa kāpia – he whenua ururua ēnei ka mākū i ētahi kaupeka o te tau, ko Te Hiku o Te Ika anake te wāhi e kitea ai (kei te takiwā o Kaitāia me Kaikohe). Ko te kāpia kē kei aua papa te mea i rongonui ai ērā wāhi, engari he tino nōhanga anō hoki kei aua whenua mō ētahi pēpepe me ētahi pūrerehua māori. Ā, kei reira anō ētahi momo ika, tipu, manu kua mōrearea te noho.

Ngā mānia onepū haukū – he wāhi āhua papatairite ēnei i ngā whenua tāhuahua. I papatairite ai, he kawe atu nō te hau i ngā onepū i roto i ngā tau. Heoi anō he wai tonu kei reira (kei runga ake, kei raro iho rānei i te mata o te whenua ), nō reira ko ngā onepū kāore i riro, kua pūmau ki reira. I Te Tai Tokerau, koinei ētahi o ngā momo whenua kōreporepo tuatahi kei waenga taipū i panonitia hei āta whakamahi mā te tangata. Koinei hoki tētahi o ngā momo e tino mōrearea ana.

Ngā waimate kei waenga taipū – he mārua kei waenganui i ngā taipū e tata ana ki te moana. He wai, he taiora ka puritia ki ngā mārua nei, hei puna waiora mō te matahuhuatanga i ngā tipu noho takutai, noho wai. Heoi anō, ko te mea pōuri, he torutoru noa e pūmau tonu ana ki Te Tai Tokerau, nā te rironga o aua whenua ki ētahi atu kaupapa e puta ai he painga ki te tangata.

Ngā roto tāpokapoka o Te Hiku o Te Ika – ngā Tohu o te Whenua , ngā Tohu o te Rangi, ngā Tohu o te Moana.

Location of some of the major dune lakes of Te Hiku o Te Ika Map

Ngā wāhi o Te Hiku o Te Ika kei reira ētahi roto tāpokapoka nui

Kei te takiwā o te 50 ngā roto tāpokapoka o Te Hiku o Te Ika. He puiaki ēnei roto ki ngā iwi e rima o Te Hiku, arā, ki a Ngāti Kuri, a Te Aupōuri, a Ngāti Kahu, a Ngāi Takoto, me Te Rarawa. He puiaki anō hoki, taha taiao.

Rights: Manatārua: Te Kaunihera ā rohe o Te Taitokerau. Nō roto mai i Te Reo o Te Repo – The Voice of the Wetland.

Kei te takiwā o te 50 ngā roto tāpokapoka kei Te Hiku o Te Ika. He taonga ēnei roto ki ngā iwi e rima, arā, ki a Ngāti Kuri, a Te Aupōuri, a Ngāti Kahu, a Ngāi Takoto, me Te Rarawa. He maha anō ngā tini a Tāne, a Maru e noho ana ki aua roto. He puna kai, rongoā , rawa raranga, rawa waihanga waka; he puna wai mā, he wāhi pai anō mō te rekareka. He puna kōrero hoki - ka whakahuatia ētahi o ngā roto nei i ngā pūrākau me ngā kōrero a te iwi mō ngā āhuatanga i i mua, ngā papa kāinga, ngā ara hīkoi i takahia e ngā hāpu me ngā iwi . He ara tūhono i ngā kanohi ora o ngā iwi o nāianei, o āpōpō anō ki ō rātou tūpuna , ki te taiao anō hoki. He tohu anō kei ngā roto hei ārahi i ngā kawenga a te tangata, a te hapū , a te iwi - ngā tohu o te whenua , ngā tohu o te rangi, ngā tohu o te moana.

Te roto nei, a Tāngonge

Ko te ingoa o tēnei roto, e kōrero ana mō te māpunapuna me te āta kakapa o ngā rau o te taro i te hau. Kei reira tonu ngā tohu o ngā rua kai i whakamahia e ngā tūpuna i mua. Kei tētahi mārua a Tāngonge, ko Kaitāia kei tōna taha rāwhiti, ko Pukepoto kei te tonga-mā-rāwhiti, ko ngā tāhuahua o te tai hau-ā-uru kei te uru. He nui ngā kōrero mō te huhua o te kai i reira i ngā rā o nehe – he taro e matomato ana te tupu i ngā taitapa mākū o te roto, he kūmara kei waho atu. Ka heke ana te tuna, ā, ka maoa ana te karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus), kua noho puni te iwi ki reira ki te kohi, ki te rokiroki i te kai, kātahi ka hoki ki ō rātou kāinga me ngā kai nui e ora ai rātou i ngā wā e iti ana te kai. Nō ngā tau o ngā 1920, ka karia he awakeri hei kawe atu i ngā wai ki wāhi kē, e nui ake ai ngā whenua hei mahi pāmu . Ka nui ngā nga kino, taha wairua , taha tinana, ki ngā iwi kāinga. Ka ngaro i reira tētahi tino puna whaiora, tētahi wāhi tonu o tō rātou tuakiri.

Two black and white photos of the Draining Lake Tāngonge 1922.

Te whakakorenga o ngā wai o te roto nei, o Tāngonge, 1922

Nō ngā 1920 ka karia he awakeri hei kawe atu i ngā wai o te roto nei ki wāhi kē, e nui ake ai ngā whenua hei mahi pāmu. I te whakarakenga hoki o te ngahere kei uta ake o te roto, me te tahuri ki ētahi tikanga ahuwhenua hou, ka pā he raru nui, raru auroa ki te mana whenua.

Whakaahua: Northwood Brothers.

Rights: Manatārua: Museum at Te Ahu, Kaitaia. Nō roto mai i Te Reo o Te Repo – The Voice of the Wetland.

Te mānuka

He maha hoki ngā kōrero a te tangata whenua o reira mō te mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium). Tupu ai te mānuka ki ngā parenga. He rākau e nui ana ōna painga. I whakamahia i mua mō ngā kaho i te takere o te waka, i kuhuna ki te kōawa hei piringa mō te kēwai (ngāi Paranephrops). He rongoā anō, hei patu i te pirau, hei whakapai ake i te kiri, i ngā tūnga, i ngā marūtanga, me ngā mate ka ki te puku.

Ka moe a Tāne i a Tawake-toro, kia puta ko Mānuka

Ka noho taonga tonu ki ngā iwi o Te Hiku o Te Ika tēnei mea te whakapapa , me te tapu o te rākau. Ka rere ngā inoi kia riro mā Te Urutapu o Tāne e tau ai te ora ki te ira tangata. Ko te mānuka tētahi o ngā rākau rongoā i whakatōkia haerehia ki ngā taitapa o ngā roto tāpokapoka.

He kōrero kōpūtahi

E tūhono ana tēnei kōrero ki Te āhua o ngā roto tāpokapoka i ēnei rā me Ngā roto tāpokapoka ki Te Hiku o Te Ika.

He whakamihi

I pūtakea mai tēnei mātaitanga i te kōrero Ngā Roto Tāpokapoka – Te Hiku o Te Ika Dune Lakes Restoration, kei te pukapuka Te Reo o Te Repo – The Voice of the Wetland​​​​​​ nā Waikarere Gregory (Te Rārawa, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāpuhi, Ngāi Tahu) rātou ko Joanne Murray (Te Rārawa, Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi), ko Wendy Henwood (Te Rārawa).

Manaaki Whenua, Unlocking Curious Minds & MBIE logos

Tuihonoa Te Reo o Te Repo.

E tika ana kia mihia ngā ētita me ngā kaituhi o Te Reo o Te Repo – The Voice of the Wetland mō rātou i whakaae mai, i tautoko mai i te hurihanga o te pukapuka nei. Me mihi hoki ngā pūkenga o Pauline Waiti rāua ko Hēni Jacob, tae atu ki ngā kaitautoko taha pūtea, ki a Manaaki Whenua me te kaupapa Unlocking Curious Minds a te MBIE.

Rights: Nō te Karauna te manatārua 2020

Published:16 November 2020