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Tirotiro-whetu Kainga, Ohau
Kete Horowhenua2020-03-23T16:51:22+00:00The first established village of the Ngati Tukorehe and Ngati-Te Rangi hapu of Ngati-Raukawa when these people came down to settle in the Horo-whenua area allotted to them, viz., between the lower courses of the Ohau and Wai-kawa rivers and inland to the ranges.
| Location | Map VI Adkin |
The village was situated close to the beach at the last bend of the Ohau River where it formerly turned south to junction with the Wai-kawa River.
At the time of its establishment the spot was a pleasant one fixed with grass and other vegetation; now it is a waste of bare sand, but large accumulations of shell-midden refuse still mark the site.
The place was remembered (in 193 5) by old Heremaia Rangitawhia, the last surviving member of Ngati-Te Rangi hapu; except for this source of information it would never have been recorded. In his declining years this courteous old gentleman lived in a little cottage on the south side of the Ohau river near its mouth - a mile distant from the site of Tirotiro-whetu.
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