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Waimā
Waimā is a community in the south Hokianga area of Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 12 runs through the area. The Waima River flows through the Waima Valley into the Hokianga Harbour. Rawene is to the north west, and Kaikohe is to the north east. History and culture Pre-European settlement In 1810, an encounter at Waimā during the Musket Wars resulted in the death of the Ngā Puhi chief Te Tauroto. Te Whareumu was killed and Muriwai mortally wounded in a skirmish in March 1828. The chief of the sub tribe Te Mahurehure and Te Urikaiwhare was Mohi Tawhai (d.1875), who was a signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 and was known as the peace maker of the North. European settlement Waimā was the site of a Wesleyan mission in the mid-19th century. In the 1870s timber milling commenced in the area. In 1898, people of Waimā refused to pay a tax on dogs, and marched on Rawene in the Dog Tax War. Marae Waimā has four Ngāpuhi marae. Moehau Marae, Ōtātar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waima Mission 1858
Waima is a suburb of West Auckland, New Zealand. It is under the local governance of the Auckland Council Auckland Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is .... The majority of the modest population is clustered around the comparatively prominent Waima superette, situated just off the main arterial road Woodlands Park Road, on such streets as Waima Crescent, Hollywood Avenue, Boylan Road and Rimutaka Place. The central "hub" could be considered Waima reserve, which consists of various public amenities such as a playground, basketball court, toilets and a sport field. To the northwest, Waima is bordered by popular walking track and Lower Nihotipu Reservoir pipeline route "Exhibition Drive". Two water treatment stations and holding tanks service Auckland city's water supply from loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |