Where is the Hokianga Harbour?
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Northland
The Hokianga Harbour is found on the west coast of Northland in the North Island. Hokianga is easily accessible from Auckland and other towns in the area.
What is Hokianga known for?
The Hokianga is also known for several famous inhabitants, including beloved leader and activist Dame Whina Cooper, and Opo the Dolphin. Opo was a friendly bottlenose dolphin that lived around Opononi in the 1950s and enjoyed spending time with humans.
What did he name the Hokianga Harbour?
The original name, still used by local Māori, is Te Kohanga o Te Tai Tokerau (“the nest of the northern people”) or Te Puna o Te Ao Marama (“the wellspring of moonlight”). The full name of the harbour is Te Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe — “the place of Kupe’s great return”.
Where is Te Hokianga a Kupe?
New Zealand
Te Hokianga-nui-a-kupe is the Māori capital in the Civilization games. In real life, it is the local Māoris’ name for the area surrounding the Hokianga Harbour in New Zealand, and translates to “the place of Kupe’s great return.”
What is the population of Hokianga?
Estimated resident population, 1996-2021
| Kaikohe-Hokianga Community | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Level | Change |
| 2017 | 15,690 | 2.1% |
| 2018 | 15,920 | 1.5% |
| 2019 | 16,090 | 1.1% |
What is the meaning of Hokianga?
the final departing place of Kupe
Hokianga Harbour is a fiord-like inlet in the western coast of the North Auckland Peninsula. Its full name “Hokianga-nui-o-Kupe”, meaning “the final departing place of Kupe”, refers to the place of embarkation on the occasion of his return to Hawaiki after exploring part of the New Zealand coast.
Where do Nga Puhi come from?
Ngāpuhi is the largest tribe in New Zealand. Their territory stretches from the Hokianga Harbour to the Bay of Islands, and to Whangārei in the south.
What’s the population of Kaikohe?
Estimated resident population, 1996-2021
| Kaikohe-Hokianga Community | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Level | Change |
| 2018 | 15,920 | 1.5% |
| 2019 | 16,090 | 1.1% |
| 2020 | 16,490 | 2.5% |
Who built Ngatokimatawhaorua?
Ngātokimatawhaorua was built to mark the centenary of the Treaty of Waitangi’s signing in 1940 and was built by members of New Zealand’s northern and Waikato iwi (tribes). Ngātokimatawhaorua is launched every year in February as part of Waitangi Day commemorations.
What is the largest iwi in New Zealand?
Largest iwi by population
- Ngāpuhi – 125,601 (in 2013) – based in the Northland Region.
- Ngāti Porou – 71,049 (in 2013) – based in Gisborne and East Cape.
- Ngāti Kahungunu – 61,626 (in 2013) – based on the east coast of the North Island.
- Ngāi Tahu – 54,819 (in 2013) – based in the South Island.
What is Ngāpuhi mountain?
The magical light from Te Ramaroa mountain first guided Kupe into Hokianga Harbour. Many other sacred mountains support the house of Ngāpuhi, a people who played a central role in Māori history.
Is kaikohe a safe place to live?
A Newshub investigation has revealed Kaikohe and Kaitaia are among the minor urban centres with the highest rates of assaults, sex attacks and robberies last year. But it turns out they are also communities with hope and heart.
What is the history of North Hokianga?
The Gothic spire of the church of Our Lady of the Assumption at Motukaraka is one of the most striking features of North Hokianga. When missionaries came to the harbour in the early 1800s they divided the spiritual spoils, with Protestants proselytising on the southern shoreline and Catholics on the northern.
How to fish in Hokianga Harbour?
Small hooks and chunks of baitfish will prove fruitful. Also on the northern end of the harbour lies Rangi Point, with its golden sands and many nice holes and guts to fish into. The Hokianga Express can leave you across from Opononi or by road after using the car ferry from Rawene.
Is there any surf in Hokianga?
There are more pa sites in the Hokianga than you can shake a taiaha at. Surf is breaking on each side of the harbour heads as I paddle towards the open sea.
Where is the best place to live near the Hokianga?
In the northern reaches of the Hokianga almost every metre of foreshore is crowded with silt-trapping mangroves, and broad mudflats block access at low tide. The most promising spot had been tiny Motiti, a slip of an island off Kohukohu, where the harbour divides into its two brawny estuarine arms, Mangamuka and Waihou.