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Kai ngā maunga pūkohukohu o Te Urewera tētahi
moana ātaahua e kiia nei ko Waikaremoana. Ki ā ō
mātau tīpuna kōrero, nā te pōkarekaretanga o ngā wai
o tēnei roto i kiia ai ko Waikaremoana, tētahi o ngā
moana whakahirahira o te motu. Koinei te kāinga
tūturu o Ngāti Ruapani, he hapū nō Ngāi Tahoe. Nā,
ko te kauhau kōrero e whai ake nei nā he paku kōrero
noa iho mō ngā whenua kai te tonga o Waikaremoana
i raupatuhia e te Kāwanatanga i tērā rau tau. Mā tēnei
e mohiotia ai ko te tika o te whakataukī nei - "Kua
riro whenua atu, me hoki whenua mai".
Ka huri rā ki a rātau kua wahangūhia, ā, kua oti i a
rātau te kōkiri i te pakanga nei- moe mai koutou. Ki a
tātau e noho whakamōmori ana i tēnei ao tūroa - tēnā
tātau katoa.

In the heart of the North Island of New Zealand lies
the mountainous territory of Te Urewera, the spiritual
homeland of the Tūhoe people. Hidden away in the
southern portion of Te Urewera is Waikaremoana -
The Sea of Rippling Waters, a lake and a land with a
history and tradition that are as fascinating as they are
controversial. Waikaremoana is the footstool of the
Ngāti Ruapani section of Tūhoe.
This paper begins with a brief discussion of the
landscape of Waikaremoana and its early tribal traditions.
A systematic analysis of the social, political and
economic effects of land alienation upon the tangata
whenua of the Waikaremoana area is applied. The effects
of Crown policies for Māori land, last century,
and how the process was replicated throughout
Aotearoa is assessed.