Whangara

Coordinates: 38°34′15″S 178°13′45″E / 38.5707°S 178.2293°E / -38.5707; 178.2293
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Whangara is a small community in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island.

Located between Gisborne and Tolaga Bay, five kilometres southwest of Gable End Foreland and 2 km east of State Highway 35, it features prominently in the early history of the Ngāti Porou iwi.[1]

Whangara was the location and setting for the successful New Zealand novel and film Whale Rider.[2]

View overlooking Whangara

References

  1. ^ Chapter 1: Mohena Kohere's antecedents, in The Story of a Maori Chief, by Reweti T. Kohere. Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd, 1949. Part of the New Zealand Texts Collection, New Zealand Electronic Text Centre, Victoria University. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  2. ^ Sheila Johnston. Riding the crest of the whale, telegraph.co.uk, 5 July 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2009.

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38°34′15″S 178°13′45″E / 38.5707°S 178.2293°E / -38.5707; 178.2293


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