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Today the only vegetation is short scrub, some [[gorse]] and [[wiwi]]. The area was a centre of [[Kauri gum]] extraction. |
Today the only vegetation is short scrub, some [[gorse]] and [[wiwi]]. The area was a centre of [[Kauri gum]] extraction. |
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'''Waimate North''' is a small settlement in [[Northland, New Zealand|Northland]], [[New Zealand]]. It is situated between [[Kerikeri]] and [[Lake Omapere]], west of the [[Bay of Islands]]. |
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Okuratope Pa was situated here and was the home to chief Te Hotete (father of [[Hongi Hika]]) of the Ngai Tawake [[hapu]] in the late 18th-early 19th centuries. A major disturbance took place here in 1800, when an attacking Ngare Raumati war party from [[Te Rawhiti]] murdered and ate chief Te Maoi's wife, Te Auparo as well as their daughter, Te Karehu. This led to revenge attacks, which lasted over two decades; and resulted in the comprehensive defeat of the Ngare Raumati and the conquest of their lands by Ngapuhi (including Te Maoi and Te Auparo's three chiefly sons; [[Te Wharerahi]], Rewa, and [[Moka 'Kainga-mataa']]. |
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Revision as of 03:39, 12 December 2011
Doubtless Bay is a bay situated on the east coast of the Northland region, north-east of Kaitaia. It extends from Knuckle Point in the north to Berghan Point in the south. There are rocky headlands, backed by many extensive beaches, such as Tokerau, Taipa, [[Cable Bay, and Cooper's Beach, and Mangonui Harbour.
Doubtless Bay was named by Captain James Cook who said, apparently, "Doubtless a bay"! in 1769 . In the same year the bay was visited by [[Jean-François-Marie de Surville]] in his ship the Saint Jean Baptiste. In retaliation for the theft of a longboat which had gone adrift after his ship had dragged her anchor in a storm and narrowly escaped destruction, he carried off a Maori chief and set his village on fire. While at Doubtless Bay at Christmas 1769, de Surville's chaplain Father Paul-Antoine Léonard de Villefeix OP conducted the first Christian service in New Zealand.[1]
Today the only vegetation is short scrub, some gorse and wiwi. The area was a centre of Kauri gum extraction.
Waimate North is a small settlement in Northland, New Zealand. It is situated between Kerikeri and Lake Omapere, west of the Bay of Islands.
Okuratope Pa was situated here and was the home to chief Te Hotete (father of Hongi Hika) of the Ngai Tawake hapu in the late 18th-early 19th centuries. A major disturbance took place here in 1800, when an attacking Ngare Raumati war party from Te Rawhiti murdered and ate chief Te Maoi's wife, Te Auparo as well as their daughter, Te Karehu. This led to revenge attacks, which lasted over two decades; and resulted in the comprehensive defeat of the Ngare Raumati and the conquest of their lands by Ngapuhi (including Te Maoi and Te Auparo's three chiefly sons; Te Wharerahi, Rewa, and Moka 'Kainga-mataa'.