Whangara
Town in Gisborne Region, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Whangara (Māori: Whāngārā [faː.ŋaː.ɾaː]) is a small community in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island,[1] located between Gisborne and Tolaga Bay, five kilometres southwest of Gable End Foreland and two kilometres east of State Highway 35.
Whangara
Whāngārā (Māori) | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 38°34′14″S 178°13′45″E | |
Country | New Zealand |
Region | Gisborne Region |
Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
Area code | 06 |
The settlement features prominently in the early history of the Ngāti Porou iwi,[2] as the site where Tamatea, captain of the Tākitimu canoe settled on arriving in New Zealand. Canoe races were held at nearby Pikopiko-i-whiti, with the people watching from a hill called Puke-hapopo. The place name may be cognate with Fa'ara on Taha'a island in French Polynesia.[3]
Whangara was the location and setting for Witi Ihimaera's novel The Whale Rider and its film adaptation.[4]