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Tairāwhiti or Tai Rawhiti may refer to: *Te Tai Rāwhiti, the customary Māori name for the Gisborne Region *A District health board of New Zealand in that region * Te Tai Rawhiti, a former New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate *Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti, a Māori bishopric of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. *The Gisborne Tairawhiti rugby league team {{Disambiguation, geo ...
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Gisborne Region
Gisborne District or the Gisborne Region (Māori: ''Te Tairāwhiti'' or ''Te Tai Rāwhiti'') is a local government area of northeastern New Zealand. It is governed by Gisborne District Council, a unitary authority (with the combined powers of a district and regional council). It is named after its largest settlement, the city of Gisborne. The region is also commonly referred to as the East Coast. The region is commonly divided into the East Cape and Poverty Bay. It is bounded by mountain ranges to the west, rugged country to the south, and faces east onto the Pacific Ocean. Name and history Prior to the late 19th century, the area was known as Tūranga. However, as the Gisborne town site was laid out in 1870, the name changed to Gisborne, after the Colonial Secretary William Gisborne, and to avoid confusion with the town of Tauranga. The region was formerly known as the ''East Coast'', although the region is often divided into the East Coast proper (or East Cape), north ...
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Te Tai Rawhiti
Te Tai Rawhiti () was one of the five new New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorates created in for MMP. It largely replaced its English-named predecessor, Eastern Maori, though Te Tai Rawhiti's boundary was retracted significantly in the central North Island. Te Tai Rawhiti only existed for one electoral term, and in was largely replaced by Waiariki and Ikaroa-Rāwhiti. Population centres The electorate was based in the Bay of Plenty and East Cape regions, as well as parts of eastern Waikato, and included the following population centres: * Edgecumbe * Kawerau * Morrinsville * Murupara * Ōpōtiki * Putāruru * Rotorua * Te Aroha * Tauranga * Tokoroa * Tolaga Bay * Whakatāne Tribal areas The electorate included the following tribal areas: * Ngāti Ranginui *Ngāi Te Rangi *Te Arawa *Ngāti Awa *Ngāi Tūhoe * Whakatohea *Ngāi Tai *Te Whānau-ā-Apanui *Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa *Ngāti Tūwharetoa *Ngāti Porou *Ngāti Ruapani *Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti History Te Tai Raw ...
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Te Pīhopatanga O Te Tairāwhiti
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