Rangitukia is a small settlement 10 kilometres south of
East Cape in the northeast of
New Zealand
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's
North Island
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. It is near the mouth of the
Waiapu River.
The settlement is an important place in
Ngāti Porou
Ngāti Porou is a Māori iwi traditionally located in the East Cape and Gisborne regions of the North Island of New Zealand. Ngāti Porou is affiliated with the 28th Maori Battalion and has the second-largest affiliation of any iwi in New Zealand ...
and the founding place for Christian missions in the
Gisborne District.
The Rangitukia cemetery includes the burial ground of Canon
Hone Kaa and former Māori All Black
George Nēpia.
Marae
Rangitukia has two
marae, belonging to the
Ngāti Porou
Ngāti Porou is a Māori iwi traditionally located in the East Cape and Gisborne regions of the North Island of New Zealand. Ngāti Porou is affiliated with the 28th Maori Battalion and has the second-largest affiliation of any iwi in New Zealand ...
hapū
In Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief and normally opera ...
of
Ngāi Tāne
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,
Ngāti Hokopū
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori culture, Māori society. In Māori-language, Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and ...
,
Ngāti Nua
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori culture, Māori society. In Māori-language, Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and ...
,
Te Whānau a Hunaara,
Te Whānau a Rerewa and
Te Whānau a Takimoana:
Hinepare Marae and Te Tairawhiti meeting house, and Ōhinewaiapu Marae and meeting house.
In October 2020, the government committed $1,686,254 from the
Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade Hinepaare, Ōhinewaiapu and four other Rongowhakaata marae, creating an estimated 41 jobs.
Karuwai Marae and Te Rehu ā Karuwai meeting house, north of Rangitukia at the end of a gravel road,
is a meeting place for the Ngāti Porou hapū of
Te Whānau a Karuwai and
Te Whānau a Karuai.
In October 2020, the government committed $5,756,639 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the marae and 28 other Ngāti Porou marae, creating an estimated 205 jobs.
Education
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tapere-Nui-A-Whatonga is a Year 1–8 co-educational Māori immersion school.
In 2019, it was a
decile 1 school with an enrollment of 19.
References
{{Gisborne District
Populated places in the Gisborne District