Pukawa

Pukawa or Pukawa Bay (Māori: Pūkawa) is a bay and a small township on the southern shores of Lake Taupo on New Zealand's North Island. It is off State Highway 41 between Turangi and Taumarunui, in the Taupo District and Waikato region.[1]

Wharenui, Manunui-a-Ruakapanga Marae, Pukawa, November 2006

It is home of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa hapū of Ngāti Manunui, who established the Pūkawa Marae and Manunui a Ruakapanga meeting house in November 2006.[2][3] The opening ceremony was attended by Tuheitia Paki, the Māori King.[4]

Pōtatau Te Wherowhero was formally selected as king by a conference of chiefs of the Māori tribes held at Pukawa in April 1857 and was crowned during elaborate ceremonies held at his marae in Ngāruawāhia in April 1858.[5]

In 1906 Ngāti Tūwharetoa and the Tongariro Timber Company struck an agreement for the construction of a 40-mile railway line from Kakahi (on the main trunk line) to Pukawa. This line was never completed.[6]

References
  1. "Map of Pukawa on Lake Taupo". jcsmaps.co.nz. J C S Maps.
  2. "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  3. "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
  4. "Thousands Expected At New Pukawa Marae". newswire.co.nz. Archived from the original on 10 March 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2006.
  5. "Pictures: Māori Monarchs since 1858". nzherald.co.nz. New Zealand Media and Entertainment.
  6. Cowan, James; R. E. Owen. "Chapter 16: The Maori King". The New Zealand Wars: Volume I (1845–64): A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period. New Zealand Electronic Text Centre. Retrieved 16 October 2006.


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