Pai noa iho tēnei hīkoinga, he raima te tino huarahi, hei hikoi, hei eke paihikara huri noa.
Ka tīmata mai i Puhi Kaiti /Cooks Landing Site National Historic Reserve i te huarahi o Rakaiatāne, te whakamauamaharatanga ki te taunga mai o Kāpene Kuki ki Aotearoa i te tau 1769. He Whakamaumahara hoki ki waka Horouta, Te Ikanui a Rauru i kawe mai i ngā Māori ki tēnei rohe.
Koinei te taunga o Lieutenant James Cook i tana waka H.M.S Endeavour. Koinei hoki te wāhi i mate kino a Te Maro te tuatahitanga o te noho wehenga rua a te pākeha me te Māori.
Ka huri haere te ara hikoi i ngā awa me tea kau o Tūranganui. He maha ngā pouwhenua, ngā whakairo, ngā wāhi hītori. Ka mutu atu ki Te Whare Taonga o Te Tairāwhiti, te tiriti o 10 Stout.
(Mihi nui ki a Monika Belikova mo te tohu i te kokonga o tēnei whārangi.)
Ka whai wāhi tēnei wāhanga ki ngā hītori Pākehā o te rohe engari hei whai atu ko te hōhonutanga o ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te tangata whenua i tau mai ki konei i ngā waka Horouta me Takitimu waka Hourua.
Ngā Putunga Kōrero- Hītoria
Paku Āwhina me ngā Āhuatanga
Ka taea te hikoi, te eke paihikara rānei. Ahakoa tīmata atu, ka huri haere mo te 2km, ka hoki mai anō ki te tīmatanga.
Tūnga Waka Kei te Wāpu, Port Rd, Te Whare Taonga o Te Tairāwhiti.
Ki te tū tō waka i te Wāpu, ka taea e koe te tīmata, te whakamutu i tō hikoi ki Puhi Kaiti/ Cooks Landing Site National Historical Reserve i te huarahi o Rakaiatane
He wāhi kai kei te Wāpu. He wāhi kai kei Te Whare Taonga o Te Tairāwhiti.