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'''Tikitiki''' is a small town in [[Waiapu Valley]] on the north [[bank (geography)|bank]] of the [[Waiapu River]] in the [[Gisborne Region]] of the [[North Island]] of [[New Zealand]]. The area in which the town resides was formerly known as ''Kahukura''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/cenotaph/15414.detail |title=Cenotaph Record: Hori Takoko |work=Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database |publisher=[[Auckland War Memorial Museum]] |location=[[Auckland]], New Zealand |at=Next of Kin |accessdate=7 May 2012 |quote=Wi Takoko (father), Tikitiki, Kahukura, New Zealand}}</ref> By road, Tikitiki is {{convert|145|km|mi|abbr=on}} [[Boxing the compass|north-northeast]] of [[Gisborne, New Zealand|Gisborne]], {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast by north of [[Ruatōria]], and {{convert|24|km|mi|abbr=on}} south by east of [[Te Araroa]].<ref name="TeAraWaiapuRiverValley">{{cite web |url=http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/east-coast-places/2 |title=East Coast places - Waiapu River valley |first=Monty |last=Soutar |date=23 August 2011 |work=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] |publisher=[[Ministry for Culture and Heritage|Manatū Taonga {{pipe}} Ministry for Culture and Heritage]] |location=[[Wellington]], New Zealand |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref> The name of the town comes from the full name of [[Māui (Māori mythology)|Māui]], Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga (Māui wrapped in the topknot of Taranga).<ref name="TeAraWaiapuRiverValley" /> State Highway 35 passes through the town at the easternmost point of the [[New Zealand State Highway network]].<ref>{{Google maps |url=http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?q=Tikitiki&hl=en&ll=-40.613952,174.682617&spn=11.421945,26.784668&sll=-36.870798,174.706821&sspn=0.023517,0.052314&hnear=Tikitiki,+Gisborne&t=m&z=6 |title=Tiktiki |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref>
'''Tikitiki''' is a small town in [[Waiapu Valley]] on the north [[bank (geography)|bank]] of the [[Waiapu River]] in the [[Gisborne Region]] of the [[North Island]] of New Zealand. The area in which the town resides was formerly known as ''Kahukura''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C15414 |title=Hori Takoko |via=Online Cenotaph |publisher=[[Auckland War Memorial Museum]] |access-date=8 July 2022 |at=Next of Kin |quote=Wi Takoko (father), Tikitiki, Kahukura, New Zealand}}</ref> By road, Tikitiki is {{convert|145|km|mi|abbr=on}} [[Boxing the compass|north-northeast]] of [[Gisborne, New Zealand|Gisborne]], {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast by north of [[Ruatoria]], and {{convert|24|km|mi|abbr=on}} south by east of [[Te Araroa (town)|Te Araroa]].<ref name="TeAraWaiapuRiverValley">{{cite web |url=http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/east-coast-places/2 |title=East Coast places - Waiapu River valley |first=Monty |last=Soutar |date=23 August 2011 |work=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] |publisher=[[Ministry for Culture and Heritage|Manatū Taonga {{pipe}} Ministry for Culture and Heritage]] |location=[[Wellington]], New Zealand |access-date=7 May 2012}}</ref> The name of the town comes from the full name of [[Māui (Māori mythology)|Māui]], Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga (Māui wrapped in the topknot of Taranga).<ref name="TeAraWaiapuRiverValley" /> [[New Zealand State Highway 35|State Highway 35]] passes through the town at the easternmost point of the [[New Zealand state highway network]].<ref>{{Google maps |url=http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?q=Tikitiki&hl=en&ll=-40.613952,174.682617&spn=11.421945,26.784668&sll=-36.870798,174.706821&sspn=0.023517,0.052314&hnear=Tikitiki,+Gisborne&t=m&z=6 |title=Tiktiki |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref>


The town is {{convert|6|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the smaller town of [[Rangitukia]], near the mouth of the Waiapu River.<ref name="TeAraWaiapuRiverValley" /> These towns historically had a racecourse, four rugby teams, and several shops fuelled by a thriving dairy industry. In the 1950s and 60s the towns had a combined population of 6,000, but economic downturn in the area in the mid to late 60s led to [[urban drift]], and 2011 figures put the population of both towns at 528. 95% of the towns' inhabitants identify as [[Māori people|Māori]]. Most people in these towns are either [[homemaker]]s, or employed in the roading, forestry, farming, or food industries, or as office workers.<ref name="TownshipPlan">{{cite web |url=http://www.gdc.govt.nz/assets/Township-Plans/Rangitukia-and-Tikitiki/Tikitiki-Rangitukia-Township-Plan-2011.pdf |title=Tikitiki and Rangitukia Township Plan 2011 |date=16 March 2011 |publisher=[[Gisborne District Council]] |location=[[Gisborne, New Zealand|Gisborne]], New Zealand |page=3 |format=PDF |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref>
The town is {{convert|6|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the smaller town of [[Rangitukia]], near the mouth of the Waiapu River.<ref name="TeAraWaiapuRiverValley" /> These towns historically had a racecourse, four rugby teams, and several shops fuelled by a thriving dairy industry. In the 1950s and 1960s the towns had a combined population of 6,000, but economic downturn in the area in the mid to late 1960s led to [[urban drift]], and 2011 figures put the population of both towns at 528. 95% of the towns' inhabitants identify as [[Māori people|Māori]]. Most people in these towns are either [[homemaker]]s, or employed in the roading, forestry, farming, or food industries, or as office workers.<ref name="TownshipPlan">{{cite web |url=http://www.gdc.govt.nz/assets/Township-Plans/Rangitukia-and-Tikitiki/Tikitiki-Rangitukia-Township-Plan-2011.pdf |title=Tikitiki and Rangitukia Township Plan 2011 |date=16 March 2011 |publisher=[[Gisborne District Council]] |location=[[Gisborne, New Zealand|Gisborne]], New Zealand |page=3 |format=PDF |access-date=7 May 2012}}</ref>


==Landmarks==
==Landmarks==
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According to ''[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand]]'' "Tikitiki’s jewel" is St. Mary's church.<ref name="TeAraWaiapuRiverValley" /> It is non-denominational but has historic links to the Anglican Church and is therefore essentially an Anglican. Built from 1924 to 1926 under the guidance of [[Sir Āpirana Ngata]] to remember the [[Ngāti Porou]] soldiers who fought and died in [[World War I]], and to commemorate the establishment of [[Christianity]] in [[Waiapu Valley]] and the East Coast.<ref name="TeAraWaiapuRiverValley" /><ref name="HistoricPlacesStMarysChurch">{{cite web |url=http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=3306 |title=St Mary's Church (Anglican) |first=Martin |last=Jones |date=2 February 2002 |work=Rarangi Taonga: the Register of Historic Places, Historic Areas, Wahi Tapu and Wahi Tapu Areas |publisher=[[New Zealand Historic Places Trust|New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga]] |location=[[Wellington]], New Zealand |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref> The church, which integrates Māori architecture into its design, contains references to the fallen soldiers within its extensive carvings, [[tukutuku]], and stained glass windows.<ref name="TeAraWaiapuRiverValley" /><ref name="TownshipPlan" /> St Mary's church is of great spiritual and historical significance to Ngāti Porou, and is classified as a Category I Historic Place by the [[New Zealand Historic Places Trust]].<ref name="HistoricPlacesStMarysChurch" />


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According to ''[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand]]'' "Tikitiki’s jewel" is [[St Mary's Church, Tikitiki|St. Mary's church]].<ref name="TeAraWaiapuRiverValley" /> It is non-denominational but has historic links to the Anglican Church and is therefore essentially an Anglican. Built from 1924 to 1926 under the guidance of [[Sir Āpirana Ngata]] to remember the [[Ngāti Porou]] soldiers who fought and died in [[World War I]], and to commemorate the establishment of [[Christianity]] in [[Waiapu Valley]] and the East Coast.<ref name="TeAraWaiapuRiverValley" /><ref name="HistoricPlacesStMarysChurch">{{cite web |url=http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=3306 |title=St Mary's Church (Anglican) |first=Martin |last=Jones |date=2 February 2002 |work=Rarangi Taonga: the Register of Historic Places, Historic Areas, Wahi Tapu and Wahi Tapu Areas |publisher=[[New Zealand Historic Places Trust|New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga]] |location=[[Wellington]], New Zealand |access-date=7 May 2012}}</ref> The church, which integrates Māori architecture into its design, contains references to the fallen soldiers within its extensive carvings, [[tukutuku]], and stained glass windows.<ref name="TeAraWaiapuRiverValley" /><ref name="TownshipPlan" />
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Above and behind the church is a hill containing the remains of a fortified [[pā]] called Pukemaire.<ref name="TeAraWaiapuRiverValley" /><ref name="Jones1994">{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Kevin L.|title=Ngā Tohuwhenua Mai Te Rangi: A New Zealand Archeology in Aerial Photographs |url=http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-JonTohu.html |accessdate=7 May 2012 |year=1994 |publisher=[[Victoria University of Wellington|Victoria University]] Press |location=[[Wellington]], New Zealand |isbn=978-0-86473-268-2 |oclc=33848905 |page=36 |chapter=Landforms and Māori settlement |chapterurl=http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-JonTohu-t1-body1-d4-d1-d2.html}}</ref> The pā dates back to [[History of New Zealand|pre-European times]], and by 1865 was occupied by followers of the [[Syncretism|syncretic]] Christian Māori religion, [[Pai Mārire]].<ref name="Jones1994" /> That year, as part of the [[New Zealand Wars]], the [[pā]] was attacked by both colonial forces and Ngāti Porou forces loyal to the New Zealand Government (called [[kūpapa]]).<ref name="Jones1994" /> This was one of the last confrontations between Pai Mārire and Ngāti Porou.<ref name="TeAraWaiapuRiverValley" /> While the majority of the area inside the pā's defensive perimeter has been ploughed many times, the eastern end behind St Mary's Church has been left intact, where the remains of [[Sweet potato|kūmara]] storage pits can be seen.<ref name="Jones1994" /><ref>{{Google maps |url=http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?q=-37.796161,178.408946&num=1&t=h&z=17 |title=Location of intact portion Pukemaire Pā |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref>

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Above and behind the church is a hill containing the remains of a fortified [[pā]] called Pukemaire.<ref name="TeAraWaiapuRiverValley" /><ref name="Jones1994">{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Kevin L.|title=Ngā Tohuwhenua Mai Te Rangi: A New Zealand Archeology in Aerial Photographs |url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-JonTohu.html |access-date=7 May 2012 |year=1994 |publisher=[[Victoria University of Wellington|Victoria University]] Press |location=[[Wellington]], New Zealand |isbn=978-0-86473-268-2 |oclc=33848905 |page=36 |chapter=Landforms and Māori settlement |chapter-url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-JonTohu-t1-body1-d4-d1-d2.html}}</ref> The pā dates back to [[History of New Zealand|pre-European times]], and by 1865 was occupied by followers of the [[Syncretism|syncretic]] Christian Māori religion, [[Pai Mārire]].<ref name="Jones1994" /> That year, as part of the [[New Zealand Wars]], the [[pā]] was attacked by both colonial forces and Ngāti Porou forces loyal to the New Zealand Government (called [[kūpapa]]).<ref name="Jones1994" /> This was one of the last confrontations between Pai Mārire and Ngāti Porou.<ref name="TeAraWaiapuRiverValley" /> While the majority of the area inside the pā's defensive perimeter has been ploughed many times, the eastern end behind St Mary's Church has been left intact, where the remains of [[Sweet potato|kūmara]] storage pits can be seen.<ref name="Jones1994" />

===Marae===

The Tikitiki area has five [[marae]] belonging to [[Ngāti Porou]] [[hapū]].

Kaiwaka Marae and Te Kapenga meeting house is a meeting place of [[Ngāti Putaanga]] and [[Te Whānau a Hinerupe]].<ref name="tkmentry">{{cite web|title=Te Kāhui Māngai directory|url= http://www.tkm.govt.nz/ |website=tkm.govt.nz|publisher=[[Te Puni Kōkiri]]}}</ref><ref name="maorimaps">{{cite web |title=Māori Maps |url=https://maorimaps.com/map |website=maorimaps.com |publisher=Te Potiki National Trust}}</ref> In October 2020, the Government committed $5,756,639 from the [[Provincial Growth Fund]] to upgrade the marae and 28 others in the Gisborne District; the funding was expected to create 205 jobs.<ref name="maraepgf">{{cite web |title=Marae Announcements |url=https://www.growregions.govt.nz/assets/funding-announcements/marae-announcements.xlsx |website=growregions.govt.nz |publisher=[[Provincial Growth Fund]] |format=Excel |date=9 October 2020}}</ref>

Rahui Marae and Rongomaianiwaniwa meeting house is a meeting place of [[Te Whānau a Hinerupe]] and [[Te Whānau a Rākaimataura]].<ref name="tkmentry" /><ref name="maorimaps" /> Tinātoka Marae and Te Poho o Tinatoka meeting house is a meeting place of [[Te Whānau a Te Uruahi]] and [[Te Whanau a Tinatoka]].<ref name="tkmentry" /><ref name="maorimaps" /> In October 2020, the Government committed $1,686,254 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade Rahui Marae, Tinātoka Marae and 4 other Rongowhakaata marae, creating an estimated 41 jobs.<ref name="maraepgf" />

Putaanga Marae and meeting house is a meeting place of [[Ngāti Putaanga]].<ref name="tkmentry" /><ref name="maorimaps" />

Taumata o Tapuhi Marae and Te Ao Kairau meeting house, a meeting place of [[Te Whānau a Tapuhi]].<ref name="tkmentry" /><ref name="maorimaps" />

The [[Rangitukia]] area also has three marae.<ref name="tkmentry" /><ref name="maorimaps" />


==Education==
==Education==
Tikitiki has a [[co-educational]] [[Education in New Zealand#Years of schooling|full primary school]] called Tikitiki School or Pae-O-Te-Riri School.<ref name="TeKeteIpurangi">{{cite web |url=http://www.tki.org.nz/Schools?school_number=2703&schoolSearch=true&Search=Search |title=Schools search results: Tikitiki School |year=2012 |work=Te Kete Ipurangi |publisher=[[Ministry of Education (New Zealand)|Ministry of Education]] |location=[[Wellington, New Zealand]] |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="TiktikiSchoolAboutUs">{{cite web |url=http://www.tiki.school.nz/about_us.htm |title=About Us |work=Tikitiki School Website |publisher=Tikitiki School |location=Tikitiki, New Zealand |accessdate=7 May 2012}}</ref> The name Pae-O-Te-Riri means "Resting place of a war party on the march".<ref name="TiktikiSchoolAboutUs" /> The school was opened in 1887 as a Māori school, and originally had approximately 300 students.<ref name="TiktikiSchoolAboutUs" /> This number has dropped substantially, and in May 2012, the school roll stood at 27 students.<ref name="TeKeteIpurangi" />


Tikitiki has a [[co-educational]] [[Education in New Zealand#Years of schooling|full primary school]] called Tikitiki School or Pae-O-Te-Riri School.<ref name="ero">{{cite web |title=Tikitiki School Education Review Office Report |url=http://www.ero.govt.nz/report-view?id=2703 |website=ero.govt.nz |publisher=[[Education Review Office]]}}</ref> The name Pae-O-Te-Riri means "Resting place of a war party on the march".<ref name="TiktikiSchoolAboutUs">{{cite web |url=http://www.tiki.school.nz/about_us.htm |title=About Us |work=Tikitiki School Website |publisher=Tikitiki School |location=Tikitiki, New Zealand |access-date=7 May 2012}}</ref>
==See also==

* [[Waiapu Valley]]
The school was opened in 1887 as a Māori school, and originally had approximately 300 students.<ref name="TiktikiSchoolAboutUs" /> This number has dropped substantially, and in May 2012, the school roll stood at 27 students.<ref name="TeKeteIpurangi">{{cite web |url=http://www.tki.org.nz/Schools?school_number=2703&schoolSearch=true&Search=Search |title=Schools search results: Tikitiki School |year=2012 |work=Te Kete Ipurangi |publisher=[[Ministry of Education (New Zealand)|Ministry of Education]] |location=[[Wellington]], New Zealand |access-date=7 May 2012}}</ref> In 2019, it was a [[Socioeconomic decile|decile 1]] school with a roll of 35.<ref name="moe">{{cite web |title=Ministry of Education School Profile |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school/profile?district=28&region=5&school=2703 |website=educationcounts.govt.nz |publisher=[[Ministry of Education (New Zealand)|Ministry of Education]]}}</ref>
* [[Waiapu River]]
* [[Gisborne Region]]


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/east-coast-places/2 Waiapu River valley] article, with a section about Tikitiki, in ''[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand]]''
* [http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/east-coast-places/2 Waiapu River valley] article, with a section about Tikitiki, in ''[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand]]''
* [http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/east-coast-places/2/2/1 Photos of St Mary’s church] in ''Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand''
* [http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/east-coast-places/2/2/1 Photos of St Mary’s church] in ''Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand''
* [http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=3306 St Mary’s church] in the [[New Zealand Historic Places Trust]] Register
* [http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=3306 St Mary’s church] in the [[Heritage New Zealand]] register
* [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/JonTohu-fig-JonTohu036a.html Aerial photograph of Pukemarie Pā] published in 1994
* [https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/JonTohu-fig-JonTohu036a.html Aerial photograph of Pukemarie Pā] published in 1994
* [http://www.tiki.school.nz/ Tikitiki School website]
* [http://www.tiki.school.nz/ Tikitiki School website]


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Tikitiki
Derelict building in Tikitiki
Derelict building in Tikitiki
Tikitiki is located in North Island
Tikitiki
Tikitiki
Coordinates: 37°47′44″S 178°24′37″E / 37.795420°S 178.410409°E / -37.795420; 178.410409
CountryNew Zealand
RegionGisborne Region
WardMatakaoa
ElectorateEast Coast
Government
 • MPDana Kirkpatrick (National)
 • MayorRehette Stoltz
Population
 (2006)[1]
 • Total
207
Time zoneUTC+12 (NZST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+13 (NZDT)
Postcode
4087
Area code06

Tikitiki is a small town in Waiapu Valley on the north bank of the Waiapu River in the Gisborne Region of the North Island of New Zealand. The area in which the town resides was formerly known as Kahukura.[2] By road, Tikitiki is 145 km (90 mi) north-northeast of Gisborne, 20 km (12 mi) northeast by north of Ruatoria, and 24 km (15 mi) south by east of Te Araroa.[3] The name of the town comes from the full name of Māui, Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga (Māui wrapped in the topknot of Taranga).[3] State Highway 35 passes through the town at the easternmost point of the New Zealand state highway network.[4]

The town is 6 km (3.7 mi) from the smaller town of Rangitukia, near the mouth of the Waiapu River.[3] These towns historically had a racecourse, four rugby teams, and several shops fuelled by a thriving dairy industry. In the 1950s and 1960s the towns had a combined population of 6,000, but economic downturn in the area in the mid to late 1960s led to urban drift, and 2011 figures put the population of both towns at 528. 95% of the towns' inhabitants identify as Māori. Most people in these towns are either homemakers, or employed in the roading, forestry, farming, or food industries, or as office workers.[5]

Landmarks

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According to Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand "Tikitiki’s jewel" is St. Mary's church.[3] It is non-denominational but has historic links to the Anglican Church and is therefore essentially an Anglican. Built from 1924 to 1926 under the guidance of Sir Āpirana Ngata to remember the Ngāti Porou soldiers who fought and died in World War I, and to commemorate the establishment of Christianity in Waiapu Valley and the East Coast.[3][6] The church, which integrates Māori architecture into its design, contains references to the fallen soldiers within its extensive carvings, tukutuku, and stained glass windows.[3][5]

Above and behind the church is a hill containing the remains of a fortified pā called Pukemaire.[3][7] The pā dates back to pre-European times, and by 1865 was occupied by followers of the syncretic Christian Māori religion, Pai Mārire.[7] That year, as part of the New Zealand Wars, the pā was attacked by both colonial forces and Ngāti Porou forces loyal to the New Zealand Government (called kūpapa).[7] This was one of the last confrontations between Pai Mārire and Ngāti Porou.[3] While the majority of the area inside the pā's defensive perimeter has been ploughed many times, the eastern end behind St Mary's Church has been left intact, where the remains of kūmara storage pits can be seen.[7]

Marae

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The Tikitiki area has five marae belonging to Ngāti Porou hapū.

Kaiwaka Marae and Te Kapenga meeting house is a meeting place of Ngāti Putaanga and Te Whānau a Hinerupe.[8][9] In October 2020, the Government committed $5,756,639 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the marae and 28 others in the Gisborne District; the funding was expected to create 205 jobs.[10]

Rahui Marae and Rongomaianiwaniwa meeting house is a meeting place of Te Whānau a Hinerupe and Te Whānau a Rākaimataura.[8][9] Tinātoka Marae and Te Poho o Tinatoka meeting house is a meeting place of Te Whānau a Te Uruahi and Te Whanau a Tinatoka.[8][9] In October 2020, the Government committed $1,686,254 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade Rahui Marae, Tinātoka Marae and 4 other Rongowhakaata marae, creating an estimated 41 jobs.[10]

Putaanga Marae and meeting house is a meeting place of Ngāti Putaanga.[8][9]

Taumata o Tapuhi Marae and Te Ao Kairau meeting house, a meeting place of Te Whānau a Tapuhi.[8][9]

The Rangitukia area also has three marae.[8][9]

Education

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Tikitiki has a co-educational full primary school called Tikitiki School or Pae-O-Te-Riri School.[11] The name Pae-O-Te-Riri means "Resting place of a war party on the march".[12]

The school was opened in 1887 as a Māori school, and originally had approximately 300 students.[12] This number has dropped substantially, and in May 2012, the school roll stood at 27 students.[13] In 2019, it was a decile 1 school with a roll of 35.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Interactive Boundary Maps". Surveys and Methods. Wellington, New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand. Meshblocks 1343700, 1343900 & 1344000. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Hori Takoko". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Next of Kin. Retrieved 8 July 2022 – via Online Cenotaph. Wi Takoko (father), Tikitiki, Kahukura, New Zealand
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Soutar, Monty (23 August 2011). "East Coast places - Waiapu River valley". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: Manatū Taonga | Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Tiktiki" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Tikitiki and Rangitukia Township Plan 2011" (PDF). Gisborne, New Zealand: Gisborne District Council. 16 March 2011. p. 3. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  6. ^ Jones, Martin (2 February 2002). "St Mary's Church (Anglican)". Rarangi Taonga: the Register of Historic Places, Historic Areas, Wahi Tapu and Wahi Tapu Areas. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  7. ^ a b c d Jones, Kevin L. (1994). "Landforms and Māori settlement". Ngā Tohuwhenua Mai Te Rangi: A New Zealand Archeology in Aerial Photographs. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-86473-268-2. OCLC 33848905. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
  10. ^ a b "Marae Announcements" (Excel). growregions.govt.nz. Provincial Growth Fund. 9 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Tikitiki School Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  12. ^ a b "About Us". Tikitiki School Website. Tikitiki, New Zealand: Tikitiki School. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  13. ^ "Schools search results: Tikitiki School". Te Kete Ipurangi. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education. 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  14. ^ "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
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