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Motuopae Island in Tauranga Moana is a former pā site and has been an urupā for several generations of Ngāi Tamarāwaho, a hapū of Ngāti Ranginui iwi who whakapapa to the Tākitimu ancestral waka. The hapū are based at Huria Marae in Judea. The earliest recorded burial in the urupā was in 1912. Motuopae Island and the access to it are private land, permission is required from the iwi before visiting.