Two Northland sites of significance to Māori listed 09 Apr 2021 11:15 AM Caption: Māngungu Mission at Horeke in the Hokianga.
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MEDIA RELEASE 09 April 2021
Two Northland places that have strong heritage and cultural significance to Māori have been formally recognised by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga.
Māngungu at Horeke in the Hokianga has been added to the New Zealand Heritage List / Rārangi Kōrero as Wāhi Tūpuna – a place important to Māori for ancestral significance and associated cultural and traditional values.
A second place “ Piakoa at Tākou Bay has been recognised as a Wāhi Tapu Area containing sites sacred to Māori in the traditional, spiritual, religious, ritual or mythological sense.
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Māngungu at Horeke in the Hokianga has been added to the New Zealand Heritage List / Rārangi Kōrero as wāhi tūpuna - a place important to Māori for ancestral significance and associated cultural and traditional values.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Northland manager Atareira Heihei says while Māngungu Mission House is already listed as a Category 1 historic place, it was important to acknowledge the deep connection many Māori have to the wider landscape.
By providing a base for Wesleyan missionaries in the late 1820s, rangatira such as Eruera Maihi Patuone, Tāmati Waka Nene, Makoare Te Taonui, and Muriwai made Māngungu a significant place of cultural exchange on the Hokianga Harbour.