Kaiwhaiki

Looking down upon the Whanganui River, a paddle steamer ferry, and the town of Kaiwhaiki, c. 1910. Photograph taken by William Archer Price.

Kaiwhaiki is a settlement 18 kilometres (11 mi) upriver from Whanganui, New Zealand.

Kaiwhaiki in the 1840s was a small of a few dozen people, members of the hapū Ngāti Rongomaitawhiri.[1] In 1852 it became the first settlement on the Whanganui River to host a Catholic mission.[2] By the early 1860s, its population were mostly Kingites, opposed to the colonial government.[1]

Kaiwhaiki is now home to the Ngāti Tuera hapū of the iwi Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi;[2] their unique twin-gabled wharenui Te Kiritahi was built in 1912.[3][4] It was the birthplace of composer and choirmaster Morvin Simon, who led the nationally-known Kaiwhaiki-based kapa haka group Te Matapihi.

A quarry near Kaiwhaiki supplied the shellrock used to build the Durie Hill war memorial tower in Whanganui.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Walton, A. (1994). "Settlement Patterns in the Whanganui River Valley, 1839–1864" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 16: 123–168.
  2. 1 2 3 Beaglehole, Diana (20 March 2014). "Whanganui places: River Settlements". Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. "Kaiwhaiki Pā". Māori Maps. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  4. "History of Kaiwhaiki Marae published". Radio New Zealand News. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2015.

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