Horoera

Horoera is a village and rural community in Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island. It is located east of Te Araroa and north of East Cape, at Horoera Point.[1]

It features the Matahi O Te Tau Marae and meeting house,[2] a tribal meeting place of the Ngāti Porou hapū of Te Whānau a Hunaara.[3] The marae is named after the area's fertility.[4]

The community has traditionally been made up of a group of closely related families, whose life centred around the marae.[5] The area's isolation made life difficult for European settlers,[6] and poverty has forced many local Māori to migrate to larger centres.[5]

In 2017, New Zealand Transport Agency upgraded the Horoera Bridge,[7] giving campervans and other heavy vehicles full access to the East Cape Lighthouse.[8] It replaced a temporary Bailey bridge installed in 2015.[9]

In October 2020, the Government committed $5,756,639 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the marae and 28 others across the Gisborne District. The funding was expected to create 205 jobs.[10]

References

  1. ^ Hariss, Gavin. "Horoera, Gisborne". topomap.co.nz. NZ Topo Map.
  2. ^ "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
  3. ^ "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  4. ^ "Mahue Dewes shows us Horoera". youtube.com/maraetv. Television New Zealand.
  5. ^ a b Reilly, Michael (10 May 2018). Te Koparapara: An Introduction to the Maori World. Auckland: Auckland University Press. ISBN 978-1775589310.
  6. ^ Middleton, Sue. "Sylvia and her family at Horoera, 1939 (3rd of 3)". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  7. ^ "Dropout delays bridge rebuild". Gisborne Herald. 24 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Bridging the gap to East Cape Lighthouse". Gisborne Herald. 17 August 2017. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  9. ^ Ashton, Andrew (3 December 2015). "East Coast Lighthouse opens up for freedom campers". Gisborne Herald. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Marae Announcements" (Excel). growregions.govt.nz. Provincial Growth Fund. 9 October 2020.

37°38′22″S 178°27′57″E / 37.639575°S 178.465898°E / -37.639575; 178.465898


Stub icon

This Gisborne District-related geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.