Pāpāmoa (Place)

SummaryNgā Pōtiki ā Tamapahore (Ngāi Te Rangi) are mana whenua of the wider Pāpāmoa–Rangataua area. Waitaha and Tapuika also hold recognised interests across eastern Pāpāmoa, Wairākei and Te Tumu, towards the Kaituna River. Pā, kāinga, gardens, middens and storage pits record sustained Māori occupation and cultivation. Wairākei and its wetlands provided fish, eels, birds and plant materials.

Pāpāmoa lay within the Tauranga confiscation district proclaimed after the Crown’s invasion of Tauranga in 1864. Although some land was later returned under individual Crown grants, raupatu, Crown purchasing and subsequent alienation greatly reduced Māori ownership and access to the coastal plain and its resources.

The district remained chiefly farmland, beach settlements and holiday accommodation until suburban development accelerated from the 1960s. Roads, reticulated services, schools and community facilities followed, with large-scale subdivision from the late twentieth century transforming Pāpāmoa into a major residential and commercial area of Tauranga.SourcesTe Puni Kōkiri: Tauranga Moana Ngā PōtikiTe Puni Kōkiri: Te Arawa Waka WaitahaTe Puni Kōkiri: Te Arawa Waka TapuikaRangapū Mana Whenua o Tauranga Moana

Bruce McFadgen [Staff Archaeologist for New Zealand Historic Places Trust] at Pāpāmoa Pā.

Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo 25-1946

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Pāpāmoa (Place)