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Tauranga Moana Tribes Traditional lands There are three iwi of Tauranga Moana (Tauranga Harbour): Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Pūkenga. The boundaries of their territory run from Bowentown, at Tauranga Harbour, down to Pāpāmoa, inland along the Kaimai Ranges, and back to Bowentown. In tradition, Mt
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Mount Maunganui Mauao - A tale of lost love The sacred mountain Mauao (Mt Maunganui) stands at the eastern entrance to Tauranga Harbour, and according to tradition was once a nameless mountain overshadowed by loftier peaks in the Hautere forest. Mauao’s love for the beautiful mountain Pūwhenua was
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The Traders Traders in flax were active in the Bay of Plenty during the 1830s. Some were transient; others married local women and settled permanently. James Farrow and Phillip Tapsell James Farrow, the first permanent trader in the Bay of Plenty, first came to Tauranga in
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The Missionaries - 1949 - 1997 Duff and Gertrude Maxwell 1949-1997 Neither Alice nor Edith married. After discussion with her nephews, Grant and Duff Maxwell, Alice decided that she would leave the property to Duff as life tenant. So, in 1949, Duff and Gertrude moved up from
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The Missionaries: 1860 - 1949 Archdeacon Brown and his second wife, Christina 1860-1887 In February 1860 the 56 year old Brown remarried. His second wife was Christina Johnston, originally from Aberdeen, who was living with her brother in Wellington. Although the work of the mission was still
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The Missionaries The story of European settlement of the Tauranga district really begins with the establishment of a permanent mission presence. Most influential and long lasting was the Church Missionary Society's station at Te Papa. Its history reflects the development of the area and is dealt with in
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The Military Settlers The Land Wars The wars of the 1860s, which began in Taranaki, had moved to the Waikato by 1863. Tauranga Maori crossed into the Waikato to offer their support to the Kingites. General Cameron moved troops down from Auckland to deal with the so-called rebels,
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Tauranga - The Birth of a City The town of Tauranga was administered at first by the Tauranga North Highways District Board. After the population reached 250 households, Tauranga was proclaimed a Borough on 21 February 1882, and George Vesey Stewart, the founder of the Katikati and Te
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History of Tauranga Moana The name Tauranga means anchorage or resting place. The long coastline provides a variety of habitats for kai moana (sea food), especially pipi (cockles), tuatua (a shellfish), paua (abalone), kuku (mussels) and other varieties as well as kina (sea urchin) and koura (crayfish). Along
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