Te Pa me te Whare Karakia o Kenakena
Te Tomokanga o te Papa Rēhia of Te Āti Awa, Huarahi 14 Mazengarb, Takutai o Paraparaumu
I te taenga ki 1824, he tokomaha tonu ngā tāngata o Te Āti Awa i heke mai i Taranaki, i whakatū pā nunui ki Kenakena, i iti iho ai ngā pā ki Te Uruhi, ki Arapawaiti me Waimeha. I ārahina rātou e Reretawhangawhanga, te pāpā o Te Rangitake(Wiremu Kingi). I tētehi wā, i eke te tokomaha o ngā tāngata o Kenakena ki te manomano, me te tini noa atu o ngā māra me tētehi pā tūwatawata me ōna pou whakairo.
I 1838, he tūao a Octavious Hadfield i riro ko ia hei mihinare i Kapiti. I te taenga ki 1843 i tū te whare karakia tuatahi o te rohe ki tēnei wāhi.
I Āperira 1848, i hoki atu a Wiremu Kingi me ōna tāngata e 580 o Te Āti Awa ki te noho ki ō rātou whenua tūpuna ki Waitara i Taranaki. I muri noa atu o taua tau anō, i 16 o Oketopa, 1848, i tūkinotia te ākau e te rū, te pā tūwatawata me te whare karakia hoki. Ko te nuinga o ngā morehu o Kenakena i hūnuku atu ki te kāinga hou ki Tuku Rākau ki te taha raki o te awa o Waikanae. Te taenga ki 1854 i tāpukengia te wāhi o te whare karakia me te pā e te taipū.
Hadfield’s Church at Kenakena. Pencil sketch by William Swainson 1846. Collection of Museum of New Zealand/Te Papa Tongarewa. Ref: 1916-001-3
Drawing of huts at Kenakena
The stockade at Kenakena Pā – colour
The stockade at Kenakena Pā
Waikanae Pā and Kāpiti. Pencil sketch by JA Gilfillan from “Old Whanganui” by TW Downes. By permission of Miss Gilfillan.
