The Tuia Mātauranga GeoTour (GT48A) is about having fun discovering the history of Aotearoa New Zealand by finding sites of significance in local communities from early Pacific voyaging and migration, European settlement to present day.
The interaction between people, and people and the land have provided a rich history that the GeoTour invites you to explore.
Remember to write down the Tuia Mātauranga GeoTour codeword inside the logbook.
To complete this Geotour and receive your special geocoin, record the Tuia Mātauranga GeoTour codeword in your GeoTour Passport. Download the GeoTour Passport from Tuia Mātauranga GeoTour Passport. If the passport is unavailable for any reason keep a note of the codeword and try again later.
This geocache will show you one of Dunedin’s hidden secrets - a beautiful restored wetland reserve by the Kaikorai Stream. The waypoints highlight two places where people are working together to protect our heritage in different ways. It's worth exploring the full length of this lovely Kaikorai Common Reserve walkway, from School St through to the Bishopscourt Sportsground.
To find the final hiding place of this multi cache you have to go to two waypoints and collect information from a sign at each waypoint. The final cache is a two litre screwtop container at: South 45 51.ABC East 170 29.DEF
This cache can only be done during the day. Both waypoints and the final are stroller-accessible. Please watch young children near water.
Park in Shetland St and walk along the track beside the “Shetland St Community Garden” sign. Cross the bridge into the Community Garden. This garden is part of the Kaikorai Reserve and is open to the public to enjoy at any time.
Go to Waypoint 1 at the entrance of the shade house.
Above the entrance is a sign with four lines of writing.
Find these numbers from the sign at WP1:
A = # letters in the bottom line.
B = # letters in the last word on the sign.
C = # of time the letter "S" appears in the sign.
Community, Food & Conservation
As you can see, the Shetland Street Community Garden volunteers grow a wide range of vegetables. They also run a conservation nursery where they grow native plants from locally-sourced seed to use in restoring bush, wetlands and other native habitats. Because the plants are suited to the local conditions they are valuable for adding biodiversity and resilience to ecosystems.
Now return to the main track and walk further upstream, just past a large gumtree with a swing rope. Stand at Waypoint 2 and look across the stream into the Araiteuru marae grounds. If you wish you can cross the stream, but do not go past the row of flaxes that mark the reserve boundary.
You will see a sign above the pare (carved door lintel)of the wharenui (meeting house).
WP2: Find these numbers from the sign above the wharenui door:
D = # letters in the sign, divided by 3.
E = # letters in the second word of the sign, minus 2.
F = # words in the sign, times 3.
Checksum: A + B + C + D + E + F = 25 (Add A + B + C + D + E + F together. If the numbers don't add up to 25 then you have made a mistake; go and check the signs again.)
Now go and find the two-litre cache at: South 45 51.ABC East 170 29.DEF
Araiteuru marae 
Araiteuru is Dunedin’s urban marae, opened in 1980. It is named after Arai-te-uru canoe, the waka which traditionally carried the ancestors of Kai Tahu in the Great Migration from eastern Polynesia to Aotearoa sometime between 1320 and 1350. Arai-te-uru tradtions are important to Otago, which is known as Te Tai o Arai Te Uru. Many place names record the adventures of the crew after the waka was wrecked at Shag Point. Araiteuru marae is affiliated with the other marae in Otago and Waitaki: Huirapa marae at Puketeraki(Karitane), Ōtakou marae on the Otago Peninsula and Moeraki marae.
Araiteuru marae, like the other urban marae, was established because of the “Second Māori Migration” from the country to the city during the 20th century.
The "Second Migration"
For over a century after the arrival of Europeans, Māori continued a self-sufficient rural lifestyle, mainly within their own iwi districts close to their home marae.
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| Percentage Māori Living in Rural (green) and Urban (red) areas 1926-2001 (Stats NZ) |
In 1926, only 15% of Māori lived in towns or cities. But from the 1920s onward, young men looked for better opportunities elsewhere.
The trickle of urban migrants became a flood in the 1950’s, with post-World War Two prosperity leading to a demand for workers in the city. By this time roads were improving and it was becoming easier for people to travel back to their home marae for important occasions. Today about 85% of Māori in NZ live in cities (the same proportion as the wider population).
Urban marae
As times changed, new ways of connecting people were needed and from the 1960’s urban marae were established in all main centres.
Urban marae provide facilities for tangihanga, for manaaki i te manuhiri (caring for visitors) and for meetings of Māori, Pākehā, Pacific Island and all people. A particularly important function of urban marae is passing on Māori heritage to all New Zealanders – many school groups visit to enjoy cultural activities.
The Kaikorai Stream story
Kaikorai Stream has been important to the cultural history of Dunedin. Māori used the stream as a travel route and food gathering area, and later established a pig farm in the area. Early Pakeha settlers developed local industries using the stream, including two woollen mills. By the mid-20th century this stream corridor was surrounded by houses; the most flood-prone houses have now been removed.
The streamside plantings along the Kaikorai Common Reserve are part of a wider community effort to restore the Kaikorai Stream catchment, in partnership with the Otago Regional Council and local schools.
Wetlands are places rich in wildlife and plant diversity and are themselves becoming rare. Wetland plants such as rushes and reeds filter water, improving water quality and providing animals such as frogs and fish places to live. With the restoration of the reserve's pond, wetland and bush it is hoped that birds, insects and eventually fish will return. This will be the final indicator of the project's success.
More Information:
• Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa NZ Urban/Rural Profile: http://archive.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/Maps_and_geography/Geographic-areas/urban-rural-profile
• Te Ara: Urban Māori: https://teara.govt.nz/en/urban-maori/page-1
• NZ History Nga korero a Ipurangi o Aotearoa: The Second World War and Māori urbanisation: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/classroom/nz-race-relations/effects-of-second-world-war
• The Māori Urban Migration by Brian Easton: https://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/2012/08/the-maori-urban-migration/
• The second migration: stories of urban Māori by Bradford Haami https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/the-second-migration-stories-of-urban-maori/
• ODT 3 February 2010 Araiteuru marae to celebrate 30 years: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/araiteuru-marae-celebrate-30-years
• New to Dunedin: https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/new-to-dunedin/refugee-support
• ODT 10 March 2011 Two-time refugees find respite in South: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/two-time-refugees-find-respite-south
•Tuia Education website
Remember to write down the Tuia Mātauranga GeoTour codeword inside the logbook.
To complete this Geotour and receive your special geocoin, record the Tuia Mātauranga GeoTour codeword in your GeoTour Passport. Download the GeoTour Passport from Tuia Mātauranga GeoTour Passport. If the passport is unavailable for any reason keep a note of the codeword and try again later.
There is plenty of room in the log book to put in the date that you sign it. Because the date can be important for some challenges, logs without a correct date may be subject to deletion. I will use my common sense and discretion as we all make genuine mistakes at times.