--- title: Te Rūnanga o Wairewa description: Pepeha and whakataukī information specifically related to Te Rūnanga o Wairewa for usage by descendants of the marae. url: https://www.taiuru.co.nz/te-runanga-o-wairewa/ markdown_url: https://www.taiuru.co.nz/te-runanga-o-wairewa.md type: post slug: te-runanga-o-wairewa author: Karaitiana Taiuru published: 2017-07-14T08:10:56Z modified: 2026-10-18T06:25:29Z language: en-NZ taxonomies: category: - Ngāi Tahu word_count: 1265 tokens: 1656 --- # Te Rūnanga o Wairewa Te Rūnanga o Wairewa is one of 18 Papatipu Rūnanga across Te Waipounamu as seen in the resource. The takiwā of centres on Wairewa and the catchment of the lake Te Wairewa and the hills and coast to the adjoining takiwā of Koukourarata, Ōnuku Rūnanga, and Taumutu Rūnanga. Pepeha Waka: Uruao Mauka: Te Upoko o Tahumatā Awa: Ōkana Roto: Wairewa Marae: Wairewa Whare tupuna: Makō Whare kai: Te Rōpūake Hapu: Ngāti Irakehu, Ngāti Makō Iwi: Waitaha, Ngāti Māmoe, Ngāi Tahu Contact Web site: http://www.wairewamarae.co.nz/ and https://www.facebook.com/Wairewa/ Physical: Ōkana valley on the Eastern side of Te Roto o Wairewa just past Little River on the Christchurch — Akaroa highway Postal Address: PO Box 2845, Christchurch 8140 Phone: 03 377 1513 Email: Wairewa@ngaitahu.iwi.nz Google Map. Here Waiata 1 E huri e te tau Kaitito / Composer – Charisma Rangipunga. This song of celebration tells of the love between Makō and Te Rōpūake, ancestors of Wairewa. This waiata is great as a jovial song at the time of bringing guests in for a hākari. It is also great to support the speech at the wedding of someone from Wairewa. This song has been used as both a poi and action song. E HURI E TE TAU E huri e te tau Ki Wairewa Ki ahau E tatari nei Ka noho tahi tāua e Auē te aroha i te kākau E kore rawa te aroha e E maroke i te rā. E huri e te tau Ki Wairewa Ki ahau E tatari nei Ka taratara te kihikihi Āpurua au e te wera Ko tō ātaahua e hahana e Me Tamanui te rā. E huri e te tau Ki Wairewa Ki ahau E tatari nei. I Kāhuru Kai Paeka Ka rere a Hao i te awa Pērā hoki te aroha Kāore kau he mutuka E huri e te tau Ki Wairewa Ki ahau E tatari nei. Ka makariri anu mātao Me piripiri tāua e Mā taku ahi whitawhita Ka wera tō tinana Ka noho tāua Auē te aroha E kore e ārikarika Ka maiea, maiea E huri e te tau Ki Wairewa Ki ahau E tatari nei. I te Kana ka pihipihi Kā tipu hōu ki te whenua E kiia ai ko tō tāua iwi/rahi He tino nui rawa E huri e te tau Ki Wairewa Ki ahau E tatari nei. Ka noho tahi tāua e Auē te aroha i te kākau E kore rawa te aroha e E maroke i te rā E huri e te tau, hi auē hi TURN OH BELOVED Turn oh beloved To Wairewa To me Waiting here We will dwell here Oh the love in our hearts My love will Never shrivel in the sun Turn oh beloved To Wairewa To me Waiting here The crickets serenade us in the Summer And I am overcome with the heat It is your beauty radiating Likened only to the great sun above Turn oh beloved To Wairewa To me Waiting here In the autumn time Silverbellies run in the waters And much like my affection There is no stop to the flow Turn oh beloved To Wairewa To me Waiting here And when it turns bitterly cold We cling together My roaring fire Will warm your body And here we stay Overwhelmed in love Which knows no limit And we are fulfilled Turn oh beloved To Wairewa To me Waiting here Spring arrives with shoots Of new growth over the land And our offspring will be renowned For their multitudes Turn oh beloved To Wairewa To me Waiting here We will dwell here Oh the love in our hearts My love will Never shrivel in the sun Turn beloved turn, hi auē hi   Waiata 2 Pātere – Taku Ahi Kaitito / Composer – Charisma Rangipunga This song was composed for the descendants from Wairewa Marae, to remind them to return to the marae, to familiarise themselves with that home of theirs, as a haven for them. TAKU AHI Kia ui mai rā ‘Kai hea te ahi hai tāmahana i taku tinana?’ Māhaku tēnei… E hoe tō waka i a Mahaanui Kia ū rānō ki Whakaroa Tauraka waka o Te Uruao Me ahu atu koe ki te riu O te nawe o te iwi Hikahika tākata, ko te haepapataka Ka piki ki te tihi o Tuhiraki Tērā Tūwhakarōria Kā puna hauaitū, puna waimārie Kā puna karikari a Rākaihautū Hanatu ki te Kaiō, ki Marokura Ka tū te kawa ki Waikākahi Takahia atu te ara o Wharau iti O Wharau nui Hākai atu i kā ana i tawenewene I te mata o Te Oka Tērā te Upoko o Tahu Matā Matatā i te mano o Irakehu I te hau kaitākata Tirohia atu te rere a Hao Mai i Hikuika, a Puaha, a Ōpouwaho Whāia te au ki te Hukahukatūroa Ki Ōkana, ki Ōkuti Tākiri Tāwai Arā Wairewa Pātaka kai o Makō e! Tere tou a Hao mā te Mata Hāpuka Ki kā wakawaka o kā kutu o Kaitōrete Kapohia e te rika o Takaroa Me whai atu i te auahi ki Ōhiriri Kia tauwhirotia e te tāua ruruhau Ko te Ropuake Kātahi nā te whitawhita o taku ahi e! Whakaroko ake rā e aki, e kera E noho mai koe i te Kāika pepehatia Māhau kā puka o te ahi o ō tipuna E tahitahi, kia whitawhita kia kite atu te muramura O te hātete, o te kāpura i tawhiti I ruka, i raro, i roto, i waho Kia kiia ai ka toe nei kā uri o Makō, o Irakehu ki te ao He nui, he rahi, momona te ora e… Ka hāhā te tuna ki te roto Ka hāhā te reo ki te kāika Ka hāhā te takata ki te whenua e… TAKU AHI Should one pose the question, ‘Where is the fire to warm my body?’ This is how I would respond… Paddle your waka on the tide of Mahaanui Till you arrive at Whakaroa Landing place of the Uruao Make your way to the peninsula Which marks the disfigurement of the people The place of fatality and annihilation Climb then to the summit of Tuhiraki Herein is Tūwhakarōria Maker of the frozen pools, the bounty filled pools Those the pools crafted by Rākaihautū Travel then to Te Kaiō, and Marokura The protocols were established at Waikākahi Trample the path of Wharau iti and Wharau nui Which lie adjacent to the cave scarred face of Te Oka There you will see Te Upoko o Tahu Mataa Who shields the descendants of Irakehu From the bite of the Northwest wind Let your gaze then follow the journey of Hao From Hikuika, to Puaka, then Ōpouwaho The current eventually leads to Hukahukatūroa Ōkana, Ōkuti And Tākiri Tāwai To arrive at Wairewa The great food storehouse of Makō Hao continues its voyage past Te Mata Hāpuku And into the drains found at the lips of Kaitōrete To be seized then by the hand of Takaroa. Follow then the smoke to Ōhiriri Where you will be embraced by our matriarch Te Ropuake And here doth blaze my roaring fire. Listen oh darling boy, oh dear girl Return to the home talked of in proverb Your role is to stoke the embers of the fire left by your ancestors So that they spark, and blaze and so that they can be seen Those fires, from afar From every direction And so that it is said that the descendants of Makō and Irakehua Live a prosperous and full life Should the eels disappear from our lake And the language become silent in our homes Then we the people will suffer on the land…