--- title: Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio description: Pepeha and whakataukī information specifically related to Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio for usage by descendants of the marae. url: https://www.taiuru.co.nz/te-runanga-o-makaawhio/ markdown_url: https://www.taiuru.co.nz/te-runanga-o-makaawhio.md type: post slug: te-runanga-o-makaawhio author: Karaitiana Taiuru published: 2017-07-15T08:43:55Z modified: 2026-10-18T06:23:25Z language: en-NZ taxonomies: category: - Ngāi Tahu word_count: 737 tokens: 990 --- # Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio is one of 18 Papatipu Rūnanga across Te Waipounamu as seen in the resource. The takiwā is centred at Makaawhio and extends from the south bank of the Pouerua River to Piopiotahi and inland to the Main Divide together with a shared interest with Te Rūnaka o Kāti Waewae in the area situated between the north bank of the Pouerua River and the south bank of the Hokitika River. Pepeha Waka: Uruao Takata: Rākaihautu Tipuna: Te Koeti Tūranga Mauka: Tūtoko Awa: Makaawhio Marae: Te Tauraka Waka a Māui Whare: Kaipo Wharekai: Pōkē Hapū: Kāti Māhaki ki Makaawhio Iwi: Kāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu Contact Web site: https://www.facebook.com/terunangao.makaawhio Contact: Postal address: PO Box 225, Hokitika Physical: 56 Brittan Street Hokitika 7810 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/terunangao.makaawhio Google Map: here Te Tauraka Waka a Māui Marae Mahitahi, Bruce Bay Waiata Te Waiata Mō Te Koeti Kaitito / Composer – Hana O’Regan This waiata was written for the Rūnanga o Makaawhio in the year 1996. The stories were recited by Audrey Hansen on October 10th 1995. Te Koeti Tūranga is the eponymous ancestor of the Ngāti Mahaki hapu of Makaawhio, and it is he who is spoken of in the first verse. The song also contains words of encouragement for his descendants to return to the home place, the mother land to relight the fires, so they may be blown by the winds of their ancestral lands. This waiata is appropriate for formal pōwhiri as waiata kīnaki. It is especially relevant for those who descend from Te Koeti Tūranga and Makaawhio; or to support a speaker from Makaawhio. TE WAIATA MŌ TE KOETI Māpuna ana te hua roimata i aku kamo kia ririki atu ki te wai o Makawhio Ko te Aotea tēnā e miria ana e kā maumahara o kā kaihoe e Tukuna te waka o Te Koeti i tōu nei au he piki kotuku nā te iwi Kahoro iho kā pua kōwhai hei uruka mō tōhona haere e Rere kau ana te wai ki te manawa kawea atu taku wairua e te ia Ki kā taoka ā ōhoku tūpuna hei oraka kākau mōhoku e Arahina ō uri ki Papakeri Whakamarumarutia e te kahu a Tāne Morimoria e kā ōhākī i puhia e te hau e wawara ana Aru tonu ki te waitapu o Mahitahi i te ara tupuna ki te kokoru nui He aroha i mahuki ki kā kanohi Ki te whenua tākaekae e hora ana e Tāmata iho taku kiri i te hau moana a Māui Ka huri ki Heretaniwha, Pōwharu kā waewae i te one e Takoto kau noa kā hārauka o kā whare, Rere tonu ana ko te karaka a rātou mā Ki te tini o te marea kua roa e karo nei Koi mōwai noa te āhuru mōwai o te iwi e Hurihia ki a Tūtoko e tū ana ki te toka, Nōhona te mana, ko te ihi, ko te wehi Kakapa ana te manawa me he āmai moana, hopukina kā mahara e te Tai o Poutini Kia tau iho ai ki ruka I te ākau, mau tonu e THE SONG FOR TE KOETI The tears well up in my eyes That they may be shed to the waters of Makaawhio That is the Aotea that is stroked By the memories of those who rowed upon it Release the canoe of Te Koeti to your flow The treasured leader of the people The Kōwhai petals fall As a pillow for his journey The water flows straight to the heart My spirit carried in the current’s grasp To the treasures of my ancestors Solace for my soul Guide your descendants to Papakeri Sheltered by the Cloak of Tāne Caressed by the last words Blown by the whistling wind Continuing on to the sacred waters of Mahitahi Upon the ancestral path to the large bay It is love that wells in the eyes For the familial land laid forth My skin refreshed I turn my gaze to Heretaniwha My feet sinking in to the sand The imprints of the houses all that remains Yet still the calls of the old ones beckon To the multitudes who have been gone so long Lest this sheltered haven of the people be left desolate I turn to Tūtoko standing to the south He holds the mana, the power, the strength The heart throbs as if a sea swell My thoughts captured by Poutini’s tide So they will come to rest upon the shore forevermore