Back Issues: Parahaki Island - a statement of mana
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Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of Parahaki Island. Approximately 10 hectares, it is located at the confluence of the Pohangina and Manawatū rivers. It is a significant site for mana whenua. It was historically used as a seasonal kāinga (dwelling), mahinga kai (food-gathering place) and urupā (burial ground/graveyard).
The island remains Māori freehold land and was vested with Te Āpiti Ahu Whenua Trust in 2018. The Trust works to manage and protect the island’s wāhi tapu, cultural sites and values.
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- Object type
- Image
- Content type
- Born digital
- Relation
- Manawatū Standard
- Date
- July 20, 2024
- Digitisation id
- 2024Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_042373
- Format
- Born Digital
- Held in
- IMCA Digital Archive
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- Virginia and Warren Warbrick
- Place
- Manawatū
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- cotton, william charles
- crawford, james coutts
- duff, jack
- engineers
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- hapū
- highways
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- karaka
- kettle, charles henry
- kāinga
- land blocks
- land sales
- mahinga kai
- mana whenua
- manawatū awa
- manawatū gorge
- manawatū river
- manawatū standard
- mclean, donald
- missionaries
- ngāti mutuahi
- nireaha tāmaki
- oroua awa
- oroua river
- parahaki bridge
- parahaki island
- rabbit island
- rangitāne
- raukawakawa pā
- rochfort, john
- ruahine ranges
- selwyn, george augustus
- signalling fires
- stewart, john tiffin
- surveyors
- tararua ranges
- te ahu a turanga – manawatū tararua highway
- te ahu a tūranga
- te awe, heketa
- te pikihuia, makere
- te āpiti
- te āpiti ahu whenua trust
- traders
- tumokai
- urupā
- williams, william
- wāhi tapu
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