Houhora
| Houhora | ||
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 48 ′ S , 173 ° 6 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-NTL | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Northland | |
| District | Far North District | |
| Ward | Te Hiku Ward | |
| Residents | few | |
| height | 10 m | |
| Post Code | 0484 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 9 | |
| Photography of the place | ||
 Houhora tavern on Houhora Harbor |
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Houhora is a small settlement in the Far North District of Northland on the North Island of New Zealand .
geography
The settlement is located around 30 km northwest of Awanui directly on Houhora Harbor on the Aupōuri Peninsula . The Pukenui settlement , which has a small port in Houhora Harbor , is located just under 3 km south-east .
history
According to a legend of the Māori tribe Ngāti Kurī , the Polynesian navigator Kupe first saw the up to 234 m high Houhora Heads when he discovered New Zealand and thought this formation was a whale . Other tribes tell each other different versions of Kupe's landing.
In the 14th century, Houhora was an important Māori settlement . When the navigator and explorer Captain on December 10, 1789 James Cook on the coast of Houhora sailed along, he gave the mountaintop of Houhora Heads the name Mt. Camel and described the collection in his logbook as a mountain standing on a desert coast.
In the 19th century, whalers used Houhora Harbor as an anchorage and to supply their ships. The residents also started their own whaling expeditions in open boats. During this time the Wagener, Subritzky and Yates families came and settled around Houhora Harbor , doing agriculture and trading. The Subritzky family came via Sankt Paulidorf in 1843 , lived in a time-land with German settlers and claimed to be New Zealand's first Polish settlers. They then moved to Australia and later to Houhora , where they settled and built a family clan . In 1897 the family sold their property to a member of the Wagner family.
On November 9, 1902, the Elingamite sank off the Three Kings Islands . A lifeboat with shipwrecked people made it to Houhora , whereupon a whaler set off to look for more survivors.
The Wagener Museum in Houhora contained a collection of various exhibits, including an extensive collection of sea shells. The museum closed after 33 years in October 2003 and the props were auctioned off.
population
The New Zealand office Statistics New Zealand has a population for 2013 of 930 inhabitants under the local term Houhora . But the area under which the statistical data were summarized extends over a length of around 20 km the entire width of the Aupōuri Peninsula and has nothing in common with the settlement described here except the name. According to the Mashbock evaluation, the settlement has far fewer than 100 inhabitants.
Infrastructure
traffic
The New Zealand State Highway 1 leads north through Houhora to Cape Reinga . To the south it connects the settlement with Awanui and a little further with Kaitaia , which is about 40 km south-southeast.
Attractions
The Subritzky Wagner House is located on Houhora Heads Road by the Houhora Heads . It has been largely restored, is a listed building and is open to the public.
Personalities
- Lloyd Allan Trigg (1914–1943), RNZAF pilotin World War II , winner of the Victoria Cross .
literature
- William Frederick Parkes : The Visitors' Guide to the Far North . Mangonui County . 3. Edition. Self-published , Kaitaía 1968 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed June 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Rawiri Taonui : NGA Waewae tapu - Māori exploration - Coastal explorers . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , September 24, 2007, accessed June 12, 2017 .
- ^ Michael King : The Penguin History of New Zealand . 7th edition. Penguin Books , Auckland 2003, ISBN 0-14-301867-1 , pp. 67 (English).
- ↑ a b c d e Parkes : The Visitors' Guide to the Far North . 1968, p. 35 .
- ^ Claudia Orange : Northland places - Aupōuri Peninsula - Houhora Harbor . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , May 4, 2015, accessed June 12, 2017 .
- ^ Theresa Sawicka : Poles - The first arrivals . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , March 25, 2015, accessed June 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Iconic Kiwi Museum Contents To Be Sold By Auction . Scoop Media , October 15, 2003, accessed June 12, 2017 .
- ↑ 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Houhora . Statistics New Zealand , accessed on June 12, 2017 (English, StatsMap: Meshblock analysis from the interactive map).
- ^ Subritzky-Wagener House . Heritage New Zealand , accessed June 12, 2017 .