Tauranga Taupō
Tauranga Taupō is a semi-rural area located at the mouth of Tauranga Taupō River, on the southern shores of Lake Taupō in New Zealand's North Island.
Settlements
The area includes three contiguous settlements: Oruatua, near the mouth of the Tauranga Taupo River. [1] Te Rangiita or Rangiita,[2] and Waitetoko or Waitetoko Beach.[3] These settlements are located southwest to northeast on State Highway 1.[1][2][3]
The closest towns are Tūrangi which is 13km south of Te Rangiita and Taupō, which is 37km northwest .
History
The shores of Lake Taupō were first inhabited by Ngāti Hotu during the fourteenth century.[4] Māori legends speak about explorers Tia and Ngātoro-i-rangi, who competed to claim land along the shores of Lake Taupō[5] and passed through Tauranga Taupō. The children of Ngātoro-i-rangi's descendant Tūwharetoa[6] came to the Taupō District and created the iwi Ngāti Tūwharetoa. A descendant of Tūwharetoa named Te Rangi-ita and his son Tama-mutu became important figures in the iwi around the seventeenth century.[7] They were warrior chiefs who established territories in the Taupō District and established the Ngāti Te Rangi-ita hapū in the Tauranga Taupō area.[8]
Colonisation
Europeans began arriving to the Taupō area in the early nineteenth century.[9] The first road along the south eastern side of the lake was built in 1883. 1924 saw the construction of the Tauranga-Taupō bridge completing the road from Taupō to Tokaanu.[10] This would later become State Highway One.
Māori Sites
The local Waitetoko Marae is a marae for the local Ngāti Tūwharetoa hapū of Ngāti Te Rangiita.[11] It includes Te Kapua Whakapipi meeting house.[12]
References
- ^ a b Hariss, Gavin. "Oruatua, Waikato". topomap.co.nz. NZ Topo Map.
- ^ a b Hariss, Gavin. "Te Rangiita, Waikato". topomap.co.nz. NZ Topo Map.
- ^ a b Hariss, Gavin. "Waitetoko, Waikato". topomap.co.nz. NZ Topo Map.
- ^ Bolton, Kerry R. (31 December 2010), "Enigma of the Ngati Hotu", Antrocom: Journal of Anthropology, Gorgias Press, pp. 123–126, retrieved 11 January 2022
- ^ Stokes, Evelyn (1999). "Tauponui a Tia: an interpretation of Maori landscape and land tenure". Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 40 (2): 137–158. doi:10.1111/1467-8373.00088. ISSN 1467-8373.
- ^ Hata, Hoeta Te; Fletcher, H. J. (1916). "THE NGATI-TUHARETOA OCCUPATION OF TAUPO-NUI-A-TIA". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 25 (3(99)): 104–116. ISSN 0032-4000.
- ^ Hata, Hoeta Te; Fletcher, H. J. (1916). "THE NGATI-TUHARETOA OCCUPATION OF TAUPO-NUI-A-TIA". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 25 (3(99)): 104–116. ISSN 0032-4000.
- ^ Wikaira, Martin (8 February 2005). "Ngāti Tūwharetoa - Warfare". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ WARD, R. GERARD (1956). "MAORI SETTLEMENT IN THE TAUPO COUNTRY, 1830-1880". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 65 (1): 41–44. ISSN 0032-4000.
- ^ Mathews & Mathews Architects Ltd (27 March, 2009). Central Taupo: Heritage Assessment (issue 5). Prepared for Taupo District Council. Retrieved from https://www.taupodc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:25026fn3317q9slqygym/hierarchy/our-council/policies-plans-and-bylaws/structure-plans/taupo-urban-commercial-and-industrial-structure-plan/documents/technical-background-reports/Heritage-Assessment.pdf
- ^ "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
- ^ "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
Coordinates: 38°54′39″S 175°54′13″E / 38.910881°S 175.903644°E
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