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