Katikati (Place)

SummaryRural service town in the Western Bay of Plenty. North-west of Tauranga. Set near the Uretara Stream and the northern reaches of Tauranga Harbour, between the harbour edge and the Kaimāī foothills. Orchard district. Kiwifruit and avocados prominent. Known publicly as New Zealand’s “Mural Town”, with outdoor art recording local histories and settler memory.

Mana whenua includes Ngāi Tamawhariua of Ngāi Te Rangi, centred on Te Rereatūkahia Marae. Ngāi Tamawhariua identify their rohe of interest from Tuapiro Point in the north to Wainui South Stream in the south, including Kauri Point, Tutaetaka Island and Katikati township. Te Rereatūkahia is described by the hapū as a central hub for gathering, learning, kōrero, tikanga and return. Tuapiro Marae, also at Katikati, is associated with Ngāti Te Wai of Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Ranginui.

The district was within the Katikati–Te Puna Blocks, affected by the 1865 Tauranga raupatu and later Crown dealings. European settlement began as a planned special settlement promoted by George Vesey Stewart. In 1874 land was reserved for Irish farming families; the first party left Belfast in the Carisbrooke Castle in 1875, followed /by settlers on the Lady Jocelyn in 1878.

Explore early settler photographs in the Emily Surtees image collection here (Western Bay of Plenty District Libraries Community Archive).

Explore other Katikati related photographs here (click/tap here).

Sketch showing Stewart first and second settlements.
Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Map 19-481

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Katikati (Place)