Hinepoupou Legend (Wellington) Multi-Cache
Hinepoupou Legend (Wellington)
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At the northern end of Maclean Park at Paraparaumu Beach is a monument that is a large rock with a plaque commemorating the 1990 Marathon Swim from Kapiti to D’Urville Island which replicated the legendary swim by Hinepoupou. The given co-ordinates are for the monument and not the cache. A simple set of questions based on the information on the plaque will lead you to the cache which is easy walking distance from the monument. Plenty of nearby parking. Please bring your own pen.
Hinepoupou The earliest known open water swim in New Zealand was that of Hinepoupou, a woman of the Ngati Kuia tribe, who lived in the mid-18th century. Early one morning her husband and his brother set off by canoe from Kapiti Island, off the west coast of the North Island, to Rangitoto (D'Urville) Island in the Marlborough Sounds, abandoning Hinepoupou. Bravely, she decided to swim across Raukawa (Cook Strait) to her father's home on Rangitoto. She took advantage of the tides, and she rested on rocks and islands along the way. On the way she was accompanied by a guardian dolphin called Kahurangi. The swim took her three days. After arriving safely, Hinepoupou planned revenge on her husband and his brother. They were taken by her father to a fishing ground she had discovered on her swim. While they were busy fishing, Hinepoupou said a karakia (incantation). A storm came up and her husband and his brother drowned.
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