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capital city.</h2><p>Te Pane Matua Taiao - Greater Wellington has it all; rivers and rugged coastline, forests, parks and one of the busiest commuter networks in the country. There鈥檚 a lot to be proud of and a lot to protect.</p><ul><li>We cover a land area of 813,500 hectares</li> <li>Greater Wellington manages 320 km of river channels and 280 km of stop banks</li> <li>Around 35 million passenger journeys are made on our public transport system every year</li> <li>We collect, treat and deliver about 155 million litres of high-quality water every single day</li> <li>Our possum programme covers 322,000 hectares of land</li> <li>We manage 50,000 hectares of regional parks and forests</li> </ul><p>The Wellington region has a long and eventful M膩ori history, including its identification as "Te Upoko o Te Ika a Maui" or the Head of the fish of Maui.</p><p>This naming presupposes the ability of early M膩ori to view Aotearoa from the heavens and envisage the fish-like shape of the whole North Island.</p><p>Modern archaeology has confirmed that sites found in the Palliser Bay area of south Wairarapa, along the southern Wellington coastline and on K膩piti Island are some of the oldest recorded sites in New Zealand, dating back some 650 years. This distinction is shared with sites in the Far North.</p> </div> </div> <div class="element accordion-block__holder accordion-block--dark" id="e3179"> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-item icon-less" id="accordion-item-button-accordion3179-item502"> <button type="button" class="accordion-item__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-item-accordion3179-item502"> <h3 data-gtm-label="Maui">Maui</h3> <div class="accordion-item__button-control"> <span aria-hidden="true" class="material-icons add" > add_circle </span> <span aria-hidden="false" class="more">Show more</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="material-icons remove" > remove_circle </span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="less">Show less</span> </div> </button> <div class="accordion-item__content typography" id="accordion-item-accordion3179-item502" aria-hidden="true"> <p>According to M膩ori mythology, Maui is credited with fishing up a large fish (ika). This became known as the North Island of New Zealand or Te Ika a Maui and the South Island was his canoe (waka) or Te Waka a Maui.</p><p>There are several landmarks in the region that are associated with this deed.</p><p>Wellington Harbour and Lake Wairarapa are referred to as the eyes of the fish (Ng膩 Whatu o te Ika a Maui). Palliser Bay, on the south coast of the Wairarapa, is the mouth of the fish (Te Waha o te Ika a Maui) and Cape Palliser and Turakirae Head at either extreme of the bay are the jaws.</p><p>The Remutaka, Tararua and Ruahine mountains make up the spine of the fish.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-item icon-less" id="accordion-item-button-accordion3179-item503"> <button type="button" class="accordion-item__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-item-accordion3179-item503"> <h3 data-gtm-label="Kupe">Kupe</h3> <div class="accordion-item__button-control"> <span aria-hidden="true" class="material-icons add" > add_circle </span> <span aria-hidden="false" class="more">Show more</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="material-icons remove" > remove_circle </span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="less">Show less</span> </div> </button> <div class="accordion-item__content typography" id="accordion-item-accordion3179-item503" aria-hidden="true"> <p>Kupe is generally considered to be the first Polynesian explorer to come to this area. His influence is evident in the names around the region.</p><p>For example, Matiu/Somes Island in Wellington Harbour is named after one of Kupe's daughters and Ng膩 Ra o Kupe (the sails of Kupe) are rock formations near Cape Palliser. Kupe and his people did actually populate the area, but returned to Polynesia.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-item icon-less" id="accordion-item-button-accordion3179-item504"> <button type="button" class="accordion-item__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-item-accordion3179-item504"> <h3 data-gtm-label="Kurahaupo waka">Kurahaupo waka</h3> <div class="accordion-item__button-control"> <span aria-hidden="true" class="material-icons add" > add_circle </span> <span aria-hidden="false" class="more">Show more</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="material-icons remove" > remove_circle </span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="less">Show less</span> </div> </button> <div class="accordion-item__content typography" id="accordion-item-accordion3179-item504" aria-hidden="true"> <p>Whatonga is noted as the next Polynesian traveller to arrive in the region.</p><p>Whatonga captained the Kurahaupo waka that is said to have landed at Nukutaurua on Mahia Peninsula. Whatonga had two sons, Tara and Tautoki, whose descendants eventually settled the lower half of the North Island and the top of the South Island.</p><p>Tara and Tautoki and their people migrated to, and settled throughout, the lower North Island. Their descendants include the tribes of Ngai Tara, Rangit膩ne, Muaupoko, Ng膩ti Apa, and Ng膩ti Ira.</p><p>Tara's name is immortalised in many prominent landmarks. The M膩ori name for Wellington Harbour is Te Whanganui a Tara or the great Harbour of Tara.</p><p>The Tararua Mountains that divide the Wellington Region from east to west are named after him also. The name Tararua is derived from the saying "Ng膩 waewae e rua a Tara" or "the spanned legs of Tara", meaning that his people had a foothold on either side of these ranges.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-item icon-less" id="accordion-item-button-accordion3179-item505"> <button type="button" class="accordion-item__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-item-accordion3179-item505"> <h3 data-gtm-label="Takitimu waka">Takitimu waka</h3> <div class="accordion-item__button-control"> <span aria-hidden="true" class="material-icons add" > add_circle </span> <span aria-hidden="false" class="more">Show more</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="material-icons remove" > remove_circle </span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="less">Show less</span> </div> </button> <div class="accordion-item__content typography" id="accordion-item-accordion3179-item505" aria-hidden="true"> <p>The next arrivals were Ng膩ti Kahungunu who descends from the Takitimu waka. They settled extensively throughout the East Coast from Mahia Peninsula down to Wairarapa.</p><p>They also migrated to, and lived in, the Heretaunga area or the Hutt Valley and inhabited the Eastern Wellington Harbour along with their Ng膩ti Ira relations up until the 1820s.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-item icon-less" id="accordion-item-button-accordion3179-item506"> <button type="button" class="accordion-item__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-item-accordion3179-item506"> <h3 data-gtm-label="Taranaki and Tainui mana whenua">Taranaki and Tainui mana whenua</h3> <div class="accordion-item__button-control"> <span aria-hidden="true" class="material-icons add" > add_circle </span> <span aria-hidden="false" class="more">Show more</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="material-icons remove" > remove_circle </span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="less">Show less</span> </div> </button> <div class="accordion-item__content typography" id="accordion-item-accordion3179-item506" aria-hidden="true"> <p>Since then, there has been considerable movement of M膩ori into and around the region. The Wellington Harbour area (Te Whanganui a Tara) has seen various tribes occupying in succession and periods of simultaneous occupation by different tribes.</p><p>The most complex and turbulent period began when Europeans arrived in the early 19<sup>th</sup><span> </span>century and continued until the arrival of the New Zealand Company settlers in 1839. The harbour has been held by Taranaki tribes since 1832.</p><p>In the early 19<sup>th</sup><span> </span>century, the migration of both the Tainui tribes, from Kawhia and Maungatautari, and the Taranaki tribes to the western part of the region (including Porirua), caused major changes for the Ngai Tara, Muaupoko and Rangit膩ne people who had been resident for many generations.</p><p>A taua (war party), led by Ng膩 Puhi and Ng膩ti Wh膩tua, and including Ng膩ti Toa and 膧tiawa chiefs, lay to waste many of the Muaupoko, Rangit膩ne, Ngai Tara and Ng膩ti Ira people in an area ranging from the west to the east of the region.</p><p>This taua proceeded as far as Hawkes Bay before returning to their home areas.</p><p>A series of migrations from these attacking northern tribes moved into the region over the next 20 years. This was the pattern of occupation that existed when the New Zealand Company settlers arrived in Wellington in 1839.</p> </div> </div> <div class="accordion-item icon-less" id="accordion-item-button-accordion3179-item507"> <button type="button" class="accordion-item__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-item-accordion3179-item507"> <h3 data-gtm-label="Wairarapa">Wairarapa</h3> <div class="accordion-item__button-control"> <span aria-hidden="true" class="material-icons add" > add_circle </span> <span aria-hidden="false" class="more">Show more</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="material-icons remove" > remove_circle </span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="less">Show less</span> </div> </button> <div class="accordion-item__content typography" id="accordion-item-accordion3179-item507" aria-hidden="true"> <p>Ng膩ti Tama was the first of the Taranaki people to settle near Lake Wairarapa in the late 1820s.</p><p>In 1834, a series of battles between the West Coast tribes (膧tiawa, Ng膩ti Tama and Ng膩ti Mutunga) and Wairarapa M膩ori led to the exodus of the Rangit膩ne and Kahungunu inhabitants back to their relations at Mahia.</p><p>After several years in exile and further exchanges between Wairarapa and Wellington (Taranaki) tribes, peace was declared at an historic gathering at Pitone (Petone) in 1840. 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