{{short description|Park in New Zealand}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}}{{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox park | name = Whitireia Park | image = File:Titahi Bay from Whitirea Park - panoramio.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Whitirea Park, with [[Tītahi Bay]] in the background | type = Park | location = [[Porirua]], [[Wellington Region]], New Zealand | coordinates = {{coord|-41.1063681|174.8413128|display=inline}} | area = {{convert|180|ha}} | created = | operator = Whitireia Park Board | visitation_num = | status = | open = vehicle gates open 8{{nbsp}}am{{ndash}}6{{nbsp}}pm (April{{ndash}}September)<br>and 6{{nbsp}}am{{ndash}}9{{nbsp}}pm (October{{ndash}}March)<ref name="gwrc" /> }} '''Whitireia Park''' is a reserve located on a headland north of [[Tītahi Bay]] and [[Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour]] in [[Porirua]], in the [[Wellington Region]] at the southern end of New Zealand's [[North Island]]. It is governed by the Whitireia Park Board, a joint entity that includes representatives of Ngāti Toa Rangatira Trust and [[Wellington Regional Council]]. Whitireia ''maunga'' (mountain) is of great importance to the [[Ngāti Toa]] [[iwi]], and is acknowledged in their [[pepeha|''pepeha'']] (traditional oral introduction).
== Toponymy == Ihakara Arthur, a [[kaumātua]] (elder) of the Ngāti Toa iwi, has said:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitireiaweltec.ac.nz/about-us/who-we-are/our-history|title=Our History|website=whitireiaweltec.ac.nz/|access-date=18 October 2025}}</ref> {{blockquote|Whitireia is a name our people brought from [[Hawaiki]] with them. They believe it came from [[atua|ngā atua]], from the gods. That name is very deep in the Māori world. There are two names in Māoridom that we say are from the gods, and Whitireia is one of them.}}The peak at the north east of the headland, at an elevation of {{Convert|104|m|ft|abbr=on}}, is identified by the [[New Zealand Geographic Board]] with an official dual name Whitireia / Mount Couper. The name Couper derives from William Couper (1801–1879), a settler of Scottish descent, who established a sawmill and shipyard at the Porirua Inlet, on land granted to him by the Crown.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Whitireia / Mount Couper |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/7092 |access-date=19 October 2025 |website=New Zealand Gazetteer |archive-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215214240/https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/7092 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Significance to Ngāti Toa == Whitireia ''maunga'' (mountain) is of great importance to Ngāti Toa. Whitireia is acknowledged in the [[pepeha]] (traditional oral introduction) of Ngāti Toa Rangatira:<ref>{{cite web |title=Ki te hoe Ngā Iwi o Niu Tīreni |url=https://ako.ac.nz/assets/Knowledge-centre/Ki-Te-Hoe-Indigenising-Practice/Iwi-Pepeha/Te-Tau-Ihu-o-te-Waka-Top-South-Island.pdf |access-date=18 October 2025 |website=ako.ac.nz |isbn=978-1-98-856244-5}}</ref> <poem> Ko Whitireia te maunga Ko Raukawa te moana Ko Tainui te waka Ko Ngāti Toarangatira te iwi Ko te Rauparaha te tangata
Whitireia is the mountain Raukawa (Cook Strait) is the sea Tainui is the waka Ngāti Toarangatira is the tribe Te Rauparaha is the man </poem>
==History==
===Pre-European history=== Polynesian explorer [[Kupe]] is believed to have landed just south of [[Tītahi Bay]] at Komangarautawhiri. According to oral history, his canoe floated away on the outgoing tide and then returned to shore on an incoming tide.<ref name="gwrc-history">{{cite web |title=History of Whitireia Park |url=https://www.gw.govt.nz/history-11/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128194608/http://www.gw.govt.nz/history-11/ |archive-date=28 January 2021 |access-date=13 September 2021 |website=gw.govt.nz |publisher=[[Wellington Regional Council]]}}</ref> The anchor stone of Kupe's canoe is believed to have remained in Onehunga Bay for centuries and was respected by Māori tribes. During the 1840s, British troops drowned after breaking chips off the stone, and some Māori believed it was punishment for sacrilege. The stone is now stored at [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]], but there is a monument at the Onehunga Bay carpark.<ref name="gwrc">{{cite web |title=Whitireia Park |url=https://www.gw.govt.nz/whitireia-park/ |website=gw.govt.nz |publisher=[[Wellington Regional Council]]}}</ref>
Before European settlement, Māori fished the waters for [[Kina (animal)|kina]], [[pāua]] and [[Perna canaliculus|kuku]].<ref name="gwrc-history" />
[[Ngāti Toa]] conquered the area in the mid-1820s under the leadership of [[Te Rauparaha]], partly due to its strategic position near early European trading ports. The headland had sparse vegetation, and the population lived on a diet of seafood, bracken ferns and kumara, and their kumara-growing terraces are still visible above the headland cliffs.<ref name="gwrc-history" /> An archaeological survey by the [[Department of Conservation (New Zealand)|Department of Conservation]] suggests Māori occupation continued until 1840s.<ref name="awalton">{{cite web |last1=Walton |first1=A |title=An archaeological survey of Whitireia Park, Porirua |url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/dsis62.pdf |website=doc.govt.nz |publisher=[[Department of Conservation (New Zealand)|Department of Conservation]] |date=2002 |access-date=13 September 2021 |archive-date=24 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524063210/https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/dsis62.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== Gift of land === {{Main|Wi Parata v Bishop of Wellington}} In 1847–48, Ngāti Toa arranged a gift of approximately {{Convert|500|acres|ha|abbr=on|order=flip}} at Whitireia to the Bishop of New Zealand, [[George Selwyn (Bishop of New Zealand)|George Selwyn]], via an intermediary [[Octavius Hadfield]] (subsequently the [[Anglican Diocese of Wellington|Bishop of Wellington]] from 1870). The background to the gift was that Ngāti Toa sought to have the Anglican Church establish a school for their children on the land. At the time, Māori land could only be acquired by the Crown, so the land was gifted initially to the Governor, who then granted it to the Bishop under a trust (the Porirua Trust). The trust was not executed for a further thirty years. The terms of the trust included that the church would establish a college. When it became clear that a college was not going to be constructed, Ngāti Toa unsuccessfully sought return of the land in court.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reeve |first=Richard |date=1 October 2012 |title=Tuku Whenua |url=https://landfallreview.com/tuku-whenua/ |access-date=18 October 2025 |website=Landfall Tauraka Review |language=en-NZ |archive-date=26 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426002109/https://landfallreview.com/tuku-whenua/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=17 October 1877 |title=Wi Parata v The Bishop of Wellington SC Wellington [1877] NZJurRp 183; (1877) 3 NZ Jur (NS) 72 (SC); 1 NZLRLC 14 |url=http://www.nzlii.org/cgi-bin/sinodisp/nz/cases/NZJurRp/1877/183.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328212729/http://www.nzlii.org/cgi-bin/sinodisp/nz/cases/NZJurRp/1877/183.html |archive-date=28 March 2023 |access-date=18 October 2025 |website=www.nzlii.org |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1877, the Supreme Court heard a case [[Wi Parata v Bishop of Wellington]] where [[Wiremu Parata]], a Māori chief and politician, claimed a breach of contract and a breach of the [[Treaty of Waitangi]].<ref name=":6" /> The claim was unsuccessful, with the Chief Justice [[James Prendergast (judge)|James Prendergast]] declaring on 17 October 1877 that the treaty was 'worthless' and a 'simple nullity'.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 October 2017 |title=Unjust: the story of James Prendergast |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/black-sheep/story/201861418/unjust-the-story-of-james-prendergast |access-date=18 October 2025 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz |archive-date=14 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214122544/https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/black-sheep/story/201861418/unjust-the-story-of-james-prendergast |url-status=live }}</ref> This case had a major influence on decisions on Treaty of Waitangi issues for many decades.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chief Justice declares treaty 'worthless' and a 'simple nullity' |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/the-chief-justice-declares-that-the-treaty-of-waitangi-is-worthless-and-a-simple-nullity |access-date=18 October 2025 |website=nzhistory.govt.nz |archive-date=18 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251018135211/https://nzhistory.govt.nz/the-chief-justice-declares-that-the-treaty-of-waitangi-is-worthless-and-a-simple-nullity |url-status=live }}</ref> The land was vested in the Porirua College Trust Board in the early 1900s, enabling the land to be sold.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Natanahira |first=Tuwhenuaroa |last2= |first2= |date=17 October 2025 |title=Ngāti Toa Rangatira has bought back 53 hectares of land at Whitireia in Porirua from RNZ |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/576230/ngati-toa-rangatira-has-bought-back-53-hectares-of-land-at-whitireia-in-porirua-from-rnz |access-date=18 October 2025 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz |archive-date=17 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251017111811/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/576230/ngati-toa-rangatira-has-bought-back-53-hectares-of-land-at-whitireia-in-porirua-from-rnz |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== Radio transmitter site === {{Main|Titahi Bay Transmitter}} In 1935, the New Zealand Broadcasting Service purchased {{Convert|40|ha|abbr=on}} at Whitireia for the establishment of an [[AM broadcasting|AM]] radio transmitting station. The acquisition of the site was to allow for the transfer of the radio station 2YA from its existing site at [[Mount Victoria (Wellington hill)|Mount Victoria]], and to establish 2YA as New Zealand's national emergency radio station.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Historic site: Radio New Zealand Transmission Station |url=http://www.pcc.govt.nz/About-Porirua/Porirua-s-heritage/Porirua-s-suburbs/Titahi-Bay/Historic-site--Radio-New-Zealand-Transmission-Station |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802052922/http://www.pcc.govt.nz/About-Porirua/Porirua-s-heritage/Porirua-s-suburbs/Titahi-Bay/Historic-site--Radio-New-Zealand-Transmission-Station |archivedate=2 August 2011}}</ref> The new [[Titahi Bay Transmitter]] station (subsequently part of the [[RNZ National]] network) was officially opened by Prime Minister [[Michael Joseph Savage]] on 25 January 1937.<ref name=":9" /> A replacement [[Antenna (radio)|antenna]] constructed in 1979 was {{Convert|212|m|ft|abbr=on}} high, New Zealand's tallest man-made structure at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radio New Zealand National : Programmes A-Z : Mediawatch : Archive : 2004 : 01 February, 2004 – The Titahi Transmitter |url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/archive/2004/20040201r |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20110518051933/http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/archive/2004/20040201r |archive-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>
===Trust reserve=== <!--[[File:Titahi Bay Scrub Fire.jpg|thumb|Fire in Whitireia Park in 2010]]--> [[File:Wildfire in Whitireia Park, Porirua (New Zealand) in 2010.jpg|thumb|Wildfire in Whitireia Park in 2010]] [[File:FIRE! Helicopter water bombers called in to dowse flames of a major bushfire in Titahi Bay, New Zealand -b.jpg|thumb|Helicopter fighting the 2010 Whitireia Park wildfire]]
The park was established by a local trust board and the [[Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand]] in 1976, with support from Ngāti Toa and local businesses.<ref name="gwrc-history" /> Under a management plan finalised in 1978, the [[Department of Conservation (New Zealand)|Department of Conservation]] was also involved in managing the park.<ref name="windsurfingnz">{{cite web |title=Help us shape the future of Whitireia Park |url=http://www.windsurfingnz.org/content/help-us-shape-future-whitireia-park |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913065240/http://www.windsurfingnz.org/content/help-us-shape-future-whitireia-park |archive-date=13 September 2021 |access-date=13 September 2021 |website=windsurfingnz.org |publisher=Windsurfing New Zealand}}</ref>
In the decades since, a track has been built around the park, and the [[New Zealand Defence Force]] has removed abandoned motor vehicle bodies from around the headland. [[Radio New Zealand]] has maintained control of {{convert|53|ha}} of the park for a radio transmission station, but most of the land is leased for grazing to reduce fire risk.<ref name="gwrc-history" /> In 2006, work began on replanting the wetland behind the Onehunga Bay carpark.<ref name="gwrc-enviro">{{cite web |title=Whitireia Park Environment |url=https://www.gw.govt.nz/assets/Documents/2014/07/Key-Native-Ecosystem-Plan-for-Whitireia-Coast-2014-17-web.pdf |website=gw.govt.nz |publisher=[[Wellington Regional Council]] |access-date=25 December 2021 |archive-date=25 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225211515/https://www.gw.govt.nz/assets/Documents/2014/07/Key-Native-Ecosystem-Plan-for-Whitireia-Coast-2014-17-web.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Much of the vegetation on the headland was destroyed in a [[wildfire]] in February 2010.<ref name="kdando">{{cite news |last1=Dando |first1=Kris |title=Whitireia Park fire flashback |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/kapi-mana-news/78583923/whitireia-park-fire-flashback |agency=[[Dominion Post (New Zealand)|Dominion Post]] |publisher=[[stuff.co.nz]] |date=8 April 2016 |archive-date=13 September 2021 |access-date=13 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913065233/https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/kapi-mana-news/78583923/whitireia-park-fire-flashback |url-status=live }}</ref> Working bees have been organised to replant the park.<ref name="gwrc-recreation">{{cite web |title=Whitireia Park Recreation |url=https://www.gw.govt.nz/recreation-2/ |website=gw.govt.nz |publisher=[[Wellington Regional Council]] |access-date=13 September 2021 |archive-date=13 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913065229/https://www.gw.govt.nz/recreation-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Park designation=== Wellington Regional Council took control of the park in March 2011, with Ngāti Toa continuing to be involved in its management.<ref name="gwrc-history" /><ref name="windsurfingnz" />
=== Ngāti Toa Rangatira Claims Settlement Act 2014 === The Ngāti Toa Rangatira Claims Settlement Act 2014 provided for settlement of all historical Treaty of Waitangi grievances of Ngāti Toa Rangatira in the top of the [[South Island]], across [[Cook Strait]] and in the North Island. As part of the settlement, several sites in Whitireia Park were vested in Ngāti Toa Rangatira, including the Whitireia [[Urupā]], Te Onepoto Bay and Onehunga Bay. The Deed of Settlement also established a joint board to govern the Whitireia Park recreation reserve, along with the Onehunga Bay historic reserve and Te Onepoto Bay recreation reserve. The Whitireia Park Board's members are appointed by the Ngāti Toa Rangatira Trust and Greater Wellington Regional Council.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 May 2014 |title=Ngati Toa Rangatira Claims Settlement Act |url=https://www.gw.govt.nz/assets/Documents/2014/05/2014.261.pdf |access-date=19 October 2025 |website=[[Greater Wellington]] |archive-date=10 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241010103547/https://www.gw.govt.nz/assets/Documents/2014/05/2014.261.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The operations of the park are managed by Greater Wellington Council under direction of the board.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://www.gw.govt.nz/assets/Documents/2022/05/Whitireia-Park-Management-Plan-2016.pdf |title=Whitireia Park Management Plan and Whitireia Park Bylaws 2016 |author=Whitireia Park Board |date=2016 |publisher=[[Greater Wellington Regional Council]] |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108075443/https://www.gw.govt.nz/assets/Documents/2022/05/Whitireia-Park-Management-Plan-2016.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== Ngāti Toa regains ownership === The Ngāti Toa treaty settlement in 2014 returned parts of the block to the [[iwi]], but this did not include the land owned by Radio New Zealand.<ref name=":10">{{Cite news |last=Wong |first=Justin |date=17 October 2025 |title=Ngāti Toa buys back ancestral land from RNZ |url=https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360855192/ngati-toa-buys-back-ancestral-land-rnz |access-date=18 October 2025 |work=[[The Post (New Zealand newspaper)|The Post]] |archive-date=18 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251018135141/https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360855192/ngati-toa-buys-back-ancestral-land-rnz |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, RNZ proposed having some of its greenfield land rezoned for residential development.<ref name="jnicoll">{{cite news |last1=Nicoll |first1=Jared |date=1 August 2018 |title=Radio NZ tuning into property possibilities for Porirua's Whitireia Park |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/property/105881572/radio-nz-tuning-into-property-possibilities-for-poriruas-whitireia-park |publisher=[[stuff.co.nz]] |agency=[[Dominion Post (New Zealand)|Dominion Post]] |archive-date=13 September 2021 |access-date=13 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913065232/https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/property/105881572/radio-nz-tuning-into-property-possibilities-for-poriruas-whitireia-park |url-status=live }}</ref>
In October 2025, Ngāti Toa purchased {{Convert|53|ha|abbr=on}} of land at Whitireia from RNZ, reclaiming iwi ownership of all of the sacred ''maunga'' (mountain) after 177 years.<ref name=":82">{{Cite web |last=Natanahira |first=Tuwhenuaroa |last2= |first2= |date=17 October 2025 |title=Ngāti Toa Rangatira has bought back 53 hectares of land at Whitireia in Porirua from RNZ |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/576230/ngati-toa-rangatira-has-bought-back-53-hectares-of-land-at-whitireia-in-porirua-from-rnz |access-date=18 October 2025 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz |archive-date=17 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251017111811/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/576230/ngati-toa-rangatira-has-bought-back-53-hectares-of-land-at-whitireia-in-porirua-from-rnz |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":10" /> The Ngāti Toa Rangatira Claims Settlement Act 2014 and Public Works Act gave Ngāti Toa Rangatira first right of refusal over the property. RNZ has leased {{Convert|12|ha|abbr=on}} from Ngāti Toa to continue their AM transmission service from the site.<ref name=":82" />
==Geography== The park covers {{convert|180|ha}} of hilly headland, consisting mostly of open grasslands, with some native bush.<ref name="gwrc" />
The headland has uplifted from the harbour during a series of earthquakes over the past one or two million years. The most recent earthquake in January 1855 created the marshland at Te Onepoto Bay and the western coastline beaches, and made Porirua Harbour too shallow for large sailing ships.<ref name="gwrc-enviro" />
Te Onepoto Bay now provides a habitat for water birds, including [[kingfishers]] and [[white-faced heron]]s. There are also some [[Little pied cormorant|little shags]], [[Great cormorant|black shags]], [[royal spoonbill]]s, [[Kelp gull|black backed gulls]] and [[shore plover]].<ref name="gwrc-enviro" />
There is {{convert|2|ha}} of remnant coastal [[kohekohe]] forest, with two rare ''[[Streblus banksii]]'' trees and ''[[Doodia australis]]'' fern.<ref name="gwrc-enviro" /> The wetland behind the Onehunga Bay carpark is dominated by [[toetoe]] and flax, where [[pūkeko]], [[paradise duck]]s and other wetland birds live. The dunes at the bay are also being planted with [[Spinifex (coastal grass)|spinifex]], [[Ficinia spiralis|pingao]], [[shore spurge]], [[Tussock (grass)|sand tussock]], sand daphne and native [[Iris (plant)|iris]], where native insects and lizards live.<ref name="gwrc-enviro" />
==Recreation== The park has views over [[Mana Island (New Zealand)|Mana Island]] and the [[South Island]] to the west, [[Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour]] to the east and south.<ref name="gwrc" />
The Onepoto loop track runs up the hill from Onehunga Bay, down through the inland valley and back through to the bay. It takes almost two hours to complete, and requires moderate fitness and decent footwear.<ref name="gwrc-recreation" /><ref name="poriruawalks">{{cite web |title=Our top walks |url=https://poriruacity.govt.nz/discover-porirua/walking-biking/walk/top-10-walks/#whitireia |website=poriruacity.govt.nz |publisher=[[Porirua City Council]] |access-date=13 September 2021 |archive-date=23 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023151446/https://poriruacity.govt.nz/discover-porirua/walking-biking/walk/top-10-walks/#whitireia |url-status=live }}</ref> Parts of the track are exposed to sea winds.<ref name="backyard">{{cite news |title=Back Your Backyard: 12-hour guide to Porirua |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/nz/wellington/122045001/back-your-backyard-12hour-guide-to-porirua |agency=[[Dominion Post (New Zealand)|Dominion Post]] |publisher=[[stuff.co.nz]] |date=6 July 2020 |archive-date=13 September 2021 |access-date=13 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913065229/https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/nz/wellington/122045001/back-your-backyard-12hour-guide-to-porirua |url-status=live }}</ref>
The park is also used for fishing, mountain biking, horse riding, rock climbing, bird spotting, orienteering, model plane flying, canoeing, kitesurfing, diving, picnicking and swimming.<ref name="gwrc" /><ref name="gwrc-recreation" /><ref name="windsurfingnz" />
The vehicle gates to the park are open 8{{nbsp}}am{{ndash}}6{{nbsp}}pm (April{{ndash}}September), and 6{{nbsp}}am{{ndash}}9{{nbsp}}pm (October{{ndash}}March), but always open for access on foot. The park may be closed at any time due to weather conditions.<ref name="gwrc" /> Dog leashes became mandatory at Onehunga Bay from February 2017.<ref name="vfallon">{{cite news |last1=Fallon |first1=Virginia |date=17 February 2017 |title=On a short leash: pooches freedom curtailed at Porirua beach |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/porirua/89441922/on-a-short-leash-pooches-freedom-curtailed-at-porirua-beach |publisher=[[stuff.co.nz]] |agency=[[Dominion Post (New Zealand)|Dominion Post]] |archive-date=13 September 2021 |access-date=13 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913065230/https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/porirua/89441922/on-a-short-leash-pooches-freedom-curtailed-at-porirua-beach |url-status=live }}</ref> Fire and fireworks are banned at all times.<ref name="gwrc" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Porirua}} * [https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mapuna/audio/2019008987/helmut-modlik-and-callum-katene-on-the-return-of-whitireia-maunga Helmut Modlik & Callum Katene on the return of Whitireia Maunga] at [[RNZ]]
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