Tuahiwi
Tuahiwi is a small New Zealand settlement located between Woodend and Rangiora. It is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Kaiapoi.[1]
The settlement includes Tuahiwi Marae, a marae (tribal meeting ground) of Ngāi Tahu and its Te Ngāi o Tūāhuriri Rūnanga branch. The marae includes the Māhunui II wharenui (meeting house).[2][3]
History
Pre-European
The land on which Tuahiwi was founded was originally a Ngāi Tūahuriri hapū of Ngāi Tahu pā site.[4] With European settlement, the site was reserved for Māori in the 19th century. In 1831, prior to European settlement, the pa had been attacked by Te Rauparaha. The attack was a revenge raid (utu) and the pa returned to the Ngāi Tūahuriri when the attackers left.
Development
There was a meeting house on the site in 1870 that almost burnt down.[5] Significant developments included the establishment of a Māori mission which included a church built in 1867 with its foundation stone having been laid by Governor George Grey on his visit to the settlement.[6]
In 1890 Tuahiwi was described as having a neat village of Maori residences. The old whares had been replaced by more substantial fenced cottages with gardens. A school, church (St Stephens), and meeting hall were in the centre of the township and there was a flagpole in front of the meeting hall. The Maori Land Court used the hall from time to time.[7]
Events
In 1900 the Tuahiwi hall was used as a base by D Company of the 1st North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Battalion, a volunteer unit.[8] The Mounted Rifles included Tuahiwi Maori who on being refused permission to fight in the Second Boer War protested to the Premier Richard Seddon in 1901.[9][10]
Dr Reginald Koettlitz and a number of members of Scott's Discovery Expedition made a goodwill visit to Tuahiwi in December 1901 prior to the expeditions departure from Lyttelton for Antarctica.[11]
Te Wai Pounamu College for Māori girls was founded there in 1909. It relocated to Christchurch.[1]
Notable people
- Erihana Ryan - Māori psychiatrist
- Wiremu Nahira Te-hoika - a Māori chief born about 1812 at Kaiapoi and moved to Tuahiwi in 1850 where he died in February 1903[12]
References
- ^ a b Teara, retrieved 20 April 2016
- ^ "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
- ^ "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
- ^ Maori Pa, Press, Volume XIII, Issue 1797, 15 January 1869, Page 2, retrieved 20 April 2016
- ^ News of the day, Press, Volume XIX, Issue 2794, 16 April 1872, Page 2, retrieved 20 April 2016
- ^ Suicide of a well known Maori, Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11307, 24 June 1902, Page 3, retrieved 22 April 2016
- ^ Middle Island natives, Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7631, 15 August 1890, Page 3, retrieved 21 April 2016
- ^ The Volunteers, Star , Issue 6818, 11 June 1900, Page 1
- ^ The Volunteers, Star , Issue 6860, 30 July 1900, Page 3, retrieved 21 April 2016
- ^ The Premier at Tuahiwi, Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11244, 9 April 1902, Page 8, retrieved 22 April 2016
- ^ The Discovery, Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11146, 12 December 1901, Page 3
- ^ "Funeral of a Maori Chief". The Press. Vol. LX, no. 11501. 6 February 1903. p. 5. Retrieved 24 October 2016.