Arapawaiti – te reo

I te taha tonu o te Karapu Poti o Otaihanga, 19 te Huarahi o Makora, Paraparaumu

He kāinga iti a Arapawaiti, arā, tekau mā rua whare nō te hapū o Rukao. I te pakanga o Kuititanga i 1839 ko ngā toa o Arapawaiti ngā mea tuatahi ki te whakawhiti i te awa ki te papare i te whakaekenga o Ngāti Raukawa. He poto noa te hīkoi mā te piriti waewae o Domain kātahi ka tae atu ki te papa pānui o Waimeha e kōrero ana mō tēnei wāhi pakanga.

Te Pirihimana, te Poutāpeta me te Ārai – ko ngā tari kāwanatanga tuatahi ēnei ki te rohe o Kapiti ¬i meatia kia tū ki konei mai i 1847 ki 1852. I mua o 1886, katoa te hunga haereere i haere mā te rori tahatai ki Whanganui, i whakawhiti i te awa o Waikanae i tēnei wāhi tonu. Ko Tom Wilson, he kaiwhaiwhai wēra o mua, nāna i hanga te Ferry Inn hei wāhi whakatā mō te hunga haereere, nāna hoki i tiaki te whitinga awa. Atu i 1866 i whakahaeretia tētehi ratonga hari tāngata tae atu ki te whakatūwheratanga o te rerewhenua i 1886.

Durie‘s house and the police barracks. The five constables’ huts were '16 feet long having thatched roofs and supplejack chimney and single boarded’. The nearby river later washed the building away. ‘Waikanai 1852’, pencil sketch by Robert Wynyard, ATL.

A mail coach crossing the river. Oil painting by Ernest Papps. Courtesy of the artist and Carol Doreen.

Updated 3 June 2025