Maketu is a small town on the Western Bay of Plenty coast in New Zealand. It is located roughly 9 km (5.6 mi) from Paengaroa, 14 km (8.7 mi) from Te Puke...
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Tama-te-kapua (section Claiming Moehau and Maketu)
them. He staked claims to Mount Moehau in the Coromandel Peninsula and to Maketu in the central Bay of Plenty, where he settled. Shortly after this, he was...
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Wiremu Kīngi Maketū (also known as Maketū Wharetotara or Waretotara) (c. 1824 – 7 March 1842) was the first person executed in New Zealand under British...
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northwards for 45 kilometres (28 mi), emptying into the Bay of Plenty at Maketu. It was the subject of a claim concerning the effluent flowing down the...
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in the north, to the Kaimai Range in the west, south of Te Puke and to Maketu in the east. Ngāi Te Rangi is part of the Tauranga Moana iwi group, which...
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Kawhia Harbour (redirect from Maketū Marae)
situated at the summit of the sacred hill behind Kawhia’s seaside marae – Maketu Marae. The harbour area was the birthplace of the prominent Māori warrior...
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captained the Arawa canoe on its journey to New Zealand and settled with him at Maketu in the Bay of Plenty. Kahumatamomoe set out on an exploratory journey with...
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all times to have made a set at Maketū and had on several occasions struck, thrown, or otherwise maltreated him. Maketū was unable to defend himself against...
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Haungaroa (section Arrival at Maketu)
activity at Whakarewarewa. Finally, they found Ngātoro-i-rangi's house at Maketu. Instead of entering by the gate, they climbed over the fence and sat in...
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Sub-Division Kaimai Ward: (seat at Ōmokoroa) Te Puke-Maketu Ward: (seat at Te Puke) Te Puke Sub-Division Maketu Sub-Division Western Bay of Plenty District consists...
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Arawa (canoe) (section Moehau and Maketu)
called Toka-parore and Tu-te-rangi-haruru, now the name of two rocks in the Maketu estuary. A stone anchor in the churchyard at Ohinemutu is said to have come...
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Ngāti Whakaue (redirect from Ngāti Whakaue ki Maketū)
Ngāti Whakaue is a Māori iwi, of the Te Arawa confederation of New Zealand, tracing its descent from Whakaue Kaipapa, son of Uenuku-kopakō, and grandson...
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Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 22 April 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2015. Oliver, S. "Maketu Wiremu Kingi", Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 30 October 2012...
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side of the estuary is Little Waihi and it is a short drive from there to Maketu. To the north-west, across the estuary entrance and around the point is...
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2024). "2024 Maketu Community Board By-election" (PDF). Western Bay of Plenty District Council. Lampp, Warwick (19 July 2024). "2024 Maketu-Te Puke Ward...
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rangatira of Te Arawa. After burying his father at Moehau, he travelled to Maketu to be purified by his uncle Kahumatamomoe, whose daughter he married. He...
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established CMS mission station at Te Ngae in Rotorua. In 1844 Spencer was at the Maketu mission station near Tauranga. In 1844 the couple established the first...
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and it's an enormous electorate, 13,800 square kilometres covering from Maketū to Gisborne and everywhere in between. And there are lots of different issues...
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moved to Selwyn Oaks, but the school was called Maketu School and henceforth Ramarama School. The Te Maketu Waterfall is hidden behind the Pratts Road Cemetery...
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Wiremu Kīngi may refer to: Wiremu Kīngi Maketū (c. 1824 – 7 March 1842), a Ngāpuhi Māori who was the first person executed in New Zealand under British...
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Katikati Primary School 1–6 Coed Katikati State 5 440 - 1765 Maketu School 1–6 Coed Maketu State 2 42 - 1794 Matahui Road School 1–8 Coed Aongatete Private...
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ransacked. The British gunboat fired from the river, mortally wounding Maketu, a chief. Rockets were fired at besiegers from two armed boats on 24 May...
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known for the cultivation of kiwifruit. Te Puke is close to Tauranga and Maketu, which are both coastal towns/cities, as well as the small townships of...
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"Sensing Murder psychic Kelvin Cruickshank credited with helping find Maketū man John Mohi's body". ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 6 July 2019. Fleming, Donna...
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Papatapu (Te Wehi) marae and Te Tihi o Moerangi marae 4 around Kawhia Harbour: Maketū marae, Ōkapu marae, Āruka marae and Te Kōraha marae The iwi of Ngāti Hikairo...
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Merata Mita (category People from Maketu)
the growth of the Māori screen industry. Mita was born on 19 June 1942 in Maketu in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. She was the third of nine children and had...
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with a number of guns. In the meanwhile, Te Heuheu and his men went to Maketu in the Bay of Plenty, with a large amount of flax, which they sold to a...
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Makomako There are four marae around Kawhia Harbour affiliated with the iwi: Maketū marae and Auau ki te Rangi wharenui on Kaora Street in Kawhia Ōkapu marae...
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harbours are located at Tauranga, Whakatāne and Ohiwa. Major estuaries include Maketu, Little Waihi, Whakatāne, Waiotahe and Waioeka/Ōtara. Eight major rivers...
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