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In this track, Haunui Royal introduces us to what we can expect to hear in the podcast and see in the exhibition: Ngā pōito-o-te kupenga o Taramainuku - Islands of the Hauraki Gulf. Haere mai ki Hauraki, he aute tē awhea Come to Hauraki where the aute plant is undisturbed. Nau mai haere mai welcome to this podcast series Ngā pōito-o-te kupenga o Taramainuku - Islands of the Hauraki Gulf. Polynesian voyagers to Aotearoa bought with them the aute or mulberry plant from the Islands. The only place it ended up thriving was in Hauraki and subsequently is celebrated in Māori oral history as a symbol of the fertility and desirability of Tikapa Moana, the Hauraki Gulf. It’s this desirability that has attracted many peoples over the years to its shores, since the earliest days of the explorations of voyagers like Kupe and Toi through to Auckland’s most recent immigrants. The gulf is many things to many peoples. It’s a place of work a place to relax Generations of people have visited and indeed lived on the m