Map: Te Heke o Rangihouhiri

DescriptionThis map is part of the traditional story Te Heke o Rangihouhiri.

Whakatane was the territory of Ngati Awa, who had a strong pa called Papaka on the hill above the present town. Ngati Rangihouhiri moved up the Whakatane River a little way and chose a place on a ridge above the river to build their pa. Ngati Awa were not too happy about these new settlers either. For a time they left them alone but the situation was uncertain...
Compiled by Evelyn Stokes, Occasional Paper No. 9, Centre for Maori Studies and Research, University of Waikato. October 1980. This document has been placed online with the permission of the University of Waikato and of the family of Evelyn Stokes. The Tauranga Moana Kaumatua Forum and the Tangata Whenua Collective were also consulted and agreed to it being made available online.

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Originally uploaded to the Tauranga Memories website (2011-2020), into the Tauranga Local History basket, or focus group, by Tauranga City Libraries staff (Harley Couper), on May 12, 2012.

Its original URL was: http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/en/tauranga_local_history/images/show/3173 and its original license was: Creative Commons AttributionNoncommercial 3.0 New Zealand License.

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City: Whakatane, New Zealand
Year: 1980

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