This cache is near a seven-metre-tall steel pou, Hinetapuarau, on State Highway 2 which recognises the history of Te Aitanga a Māhaki as travellers enter into the heart of Tairāwhiti. The pou whenua was commissioned as part of the $7.6 million Motu Bridge project to replace the old single-lane bridge. The pou was unveiled and blessed in February 2020. Hinetapuarau was designed by local artist Nick Tupara and is made of 32mm thick steel.
Three tīpuna figures of te ao kohatu make up the pou which is coated in white paint that symbolizes the mist or kohu that shrouds the steep hill country in the lands of Māhaki. Sitting at the top of the pou is the ancestress of Ngāti Ruapani, Hinetapuarau, who was the wife of Māhaki. Below her is the face of Tamataipunoa, a younger brother of Tutamure, both were some of the first settlers in Ōpōtiki who travelled by foot to the East Coast.
There is plenty of parking at GZ.
