Wera Couch talks about the Māori history of Whakaraupo (Lyttelton Harbour) particularly the Māori settlement of Rāpaki.
He talks about the Māori history of Ohinetahi (Governor's Bay), home of a man named Manuwhiri who only had one daughter (Ohinetahi means the place of one daughter.)
He talks about the churches at Rāpaki and Tuahiwi and the ministers who served there, both Methodist and Anglican.
The school at Rāpaki opened in 1876 as a native school but children now go to school in Lyttelton. The Rāpaki hall named "Te Wheke" opened in 1905 with a fancy dress ball.
The wharf just below the school is a memorial to young men who served in World War I but has fallen into disrepair as it is no longer used.
He also talks about Ngai Tahu's connection to their ancestor Tamatea, the captain of the Takitimu waka and their relationship through Paikea to Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Kahungunu. [continued on ID 43645]