Rangitukia
Locality in Gisborne District, New Zealand
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Rangitukia is a small settlement 10 kilometres south of East Cape in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It is near the mouth of the Waiapu River.[6]
Rangitukia | |
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Settlement | |
 Interactive map of Rangitukia | |
| Coordinates: 37°46′19″S 178°27′31″E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Gisborne District |
| Ward | Tairāwhiti General Ward |
| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial authority | Gisborne District Council |
| • Mayor of Gisborne | Rehette Stoltz[1] |
| • East Coast MP | Dana Kirkpatrick[2] |
| • Ikaroa-Rāwhiti MP | Cushla Tangaere-Manuel[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 14.28 km2 (5.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2023 Census)[5] | |
• Total | 114 |
| • Density | 7.98/km2 (20.7/sq mi) |
| Postcode(s) | 4087 |
The settlement is an important place in Ngāti Porou and the founding place for Christian missions in the Gisborne District.[7]
The Rangitukia cemetery includes the burial ground of Canon Hone Kaa and former Māori All Black George Nēpia.[8]
Labour Party MP Cushla Tangaere-Manuel is from Rangitukia.[9]
Demographics
Rangitukia locality covers 14.28 km2 (5.51 sq mi).[4] It is part of the East Cape statistical area.[10]
The population of the Rangitukia locality was 114 people in the 2023 census.[5] up from 69 in the 2018 census.[11]
Marae
Rangitukia has two marae, belonging to the Ngāti Porou hapū of Ngāi Tāne, Ngāti Hokopū, Ngāti Nua, Te Whānau a Hunaara, Te Whānau a Rerewa and Te Whānau a Takimoana:[12] Hinepare Marae and Te Tairawhiti meeting house, and Ōhinewaiapu Marae and meeting house.[13] In October 2020, the government committed $1,686,254 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade Hinepaare, Ōhinewaiapu and four other Rongowhakaata marae, creating an estimated 41 jobs.[14]
Karuwai Marae and Te Rehu ā Karuwai meeting house, north of Rangitukia at the end of a gravel road,[13][6] is a meeting place for the Ngāti Porou hapū of Te Whānau a Karuwai and Te Whānau a Karuai.[12] In October 2020, the government committed $5,756,639 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the marae and 28 other Ngāti Porou marae, creating an estimated 205 jobs.[14]