Ko Port Awanui he nohanga o Te Tai-rāwhiti. E ai ki Toitū Te Whenua, he nohanga (he 'locality' rānei ki te reo Pākehā) he wāhi nohoia e te tangata, engari kāore anō kia tae te taupori ki te nui e taea ai te kī he tāone tonu tēnei. Ko Te Tai-rāwhiti tētahi o ngā takiwā o Aotearoa; kei Te Ika-a-Māui taua takiwā.