Mohaka is a small settlement in the northern
Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay () is a region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region is named for Hawke Bay, which was named in honour of Edward Hawke. The region's main centres are the cities of Napier and Hastings, while the more rural ...
region of the eastern
North Island
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of
New Zealand
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. It is located on the coast of
Hawke Bay
Hawke Bay (), formerly named ''Hawke's Bay'', is a large bay on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, surrounded by the Hawke's Bay region. It stretches from Māhia Peninsula in the northeast to Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Mā ...
, 20 kilometres southwest of
Wairoa
Wairoa is the largest town in the Wairoa District and the northernmost town in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the northern shore of Hawke Bay at the mouth of the Wairoa River and to the west of Mā ...
.
The
Mohaka River reaches the coast close to Mohaka.
Marae
Mohaka has two tribal meeting grounds for the
iwi
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, roughly means or , and is often translated as "tribe". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, and is typically pluralised as such in English.
...
of
Ngāti Pāhauwera
Ngāti Pāhauwera is a Māori iwi (tribe) of New Zealand.
See also
*List of Māori iwi
This is a list of iwi (New Zealand Māori tribes).
List of iwi
This list includes groups recognised as iwi (tribes) in certain contexts. Many are also ...
, and the
Ngāti Kahungunu
Ngāti Kahungunu is a Māori iwi (tribe) located along the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The iwi is traditionally centred in the Hawke's Bay and Wairārapa regions. The Kahungunu iwi also comprises 86 hapū (sub-tribes ...
hapū
In Māori language, Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief ...
of
Kurahikakawa: Waiapapa-a-Iwi Mohaka Marae and Te Kahu O Te Rangi meeting house, and Waihua or Kurahikakawa Marae.
In October 2020, the Government committed $1,949,075 from the
Provincial Growth Fund
Shane Geoffrey Jones (born 3 September 1959) is a New Zealand politician and a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for the New Zealand First party.
Jones' political career began 2005 New Zealand general election, in 2005 as a l ...
to upgrade the two marae and 22 other Ngāti Kahungunu marae, creating 164 jobs.
Education
Mohaka School is a Year 1-8 co-educational state primary school.
It is a decile 1 school with a roll of as of
Climate
References
Wairoa District
Populated places in Hawke's Bay
Populated places around Hawke Bay
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