Tamatea Pōkai Whenua

Ka whakawhāiti tēnei rauemi i ngā whakaaro pakiwaitara mai i Te Komiti Mātauranga o Ngāti Wheke. Ko te pakiwaitara e kōrerohia ana e te hapū o Ngāti Wheke e pā ana ki te maunga e titiro iho ana ki runga i te whenua o Rāpaki, arā ko Te Poho o Tamatea Pōkai Whenua maunga. Ko tēnei ingoa i ahu mai i tētahi kaitorotoro, ko Tamatea Pōkai Whenua tōna ingoa. E kī ana te kōrero i piki ake ia ki te tihi o te maunga nei ka tuku karakia me te inoi anō ki tētahi tohunga kia tukua mai he ahi hei whakamahana i tōna iwi. Ka kitea tonutia ngā ingoa e pā ana ki ngā haerenga o Tamatea i roto i te takiwā o Ngāti Wheke. Ko tēnei kōrero he kōrero mō Tamatea me tōna tipuna, a Ngātoroirangi. I ngā wā i hiahia tautoko a Tamatea, ka tukuna atu e Ngātoroirangi te ahi ki te Waipounamu kia ora ai a Tamatea me tōna iwi