Ngati Hikitanga Te Paea

KAPITI ISLAND HUI TRIP. NOVEMBER 9TH 2014.

THIRTY MEMBERS MOSTLY FROM THE WELLIGTON REGION TOOK THE OPORTUNITY TO GO OVER KAPITI AND CONNECT WITH THEIR ANCESTORS WHO HAD LIVED AND FARMED AT WHAREKOHU THE SOUTHERN END OF KAPITI IN THE EIGHTEEN HUNDREDS , DAVID BROWN SON OF ANDREW BROWN ALONG WITH HIS FATHER HAD RUN A SHEEP FARM TOGETHER UNTIL THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF ANDREW IN 1854

DURING A TRIP BACK TO ENGLAND, IN EARLY 1850 DAVID HAD MET RANGIUIRA/RAKERA THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF THE RANGATIRA TEPAEA WHO HELD LAND RIGHTS IN SEVERAL AREAS OF THE HOROWHENUA/MANAWATU DURING HIS LIFE TIME.

RANGUIRA AND DAVID HAD THREE CHILDREN TWO ARE BURIED AT WHAREKOHU.