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Kōrero: Hawke’s Bay region

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Mai i te whārangi 1 - Overview

Hawke's Bay region

Hawke's Bay region

Images of Hawke’s Bay

Images of Hawke’s Bay

View from Te Mata Peak

View from Te Mata Peak

Wine country

The wine experience

The wine experience

Ngāti Kahungunu sports day

Ngāti Kahungunu sports day

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Landscape and climate

Hawke’s Bay landforms

Hawke’s Bay landforms

View from the Armstrong Saddle, Ruahine Range

View from the Armstrong Saddle, Ruahine Range

Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui

Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui

Hawke’s Bay rainfall

Hawke’s Bay rainfall

Dry country

Flood-damaged bridge, Clive, 1897

Flood-damaged bridge, Clive, 1897 (1 o 4)

Flash flood, Kōpuawhara Stream, 1938

Flash flood, Kōpuawhara Stream, 1938 (2 o 4)

Wairoa River bridge, 1988

Wairoa River bridge, 1988 (3 o 4)

Flooding at Pōrangahau, 2004

Flooding at Pōrangahau, 2004 (4 o 4)

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Plants and animals

Hawke’s Bay vegetation

Hawke’s Bay vegetation

Native vegetation, Lake Waikaremoana

Native vegetation, Lake Waikaremoana

Pest plant

Pōrangahau estuary

Pōrangahau estuary

Cape Kidnappers gannet colony

Cape Kidnappers gannet colony

Rook call

Rook call (1 o 3)

Rook distribution

Rook distribution (2 o 3)

Rook control

Rook control (3 o 3)

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Māori settlement and occupation

Hawke’s Bay Māori settlements, around 1850

Hawke’s Bay Māori settlements, around 1850

Ngāti Kahungunu ancestors

Ngāti Kahungunu ancestors

Rongomaiwahine

Table Cape (Kahutara Point)

Table Cape (Kahutara Point)

Mai i te whārangi 5 - European contact

Naming Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui

Naming Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui

Pākehā–Māori

Pākehā–Māori

Alexander Alexander’s store, 1850s

Alexander Alexander’s store, 1850s

Site of William Colenso’s mission station, Clive

Site of William Colenso’s mission station, Clive

Catholic mission station, Meeanee, 1850s

Catholic mission station, Meeanee, 1850s

Mai i te whārangi 6 - European settlement

Land purchases

Ōmarunui, 1866

Ōmarunui, 1866 (1 o 2)

Sketch of Ōmarunui pā, 1860s

Sketch of Ōmarunui pā, 1860s (2 o 2)

Repudiation movement

Repudiation movement

Pastoral stations

Pastoral stations

Norsewood, about 1885

Norsewood, about 1885

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Pastoral farming

Ewe fair, Waipukurau, 1969

Ewe fair, Waipukurau, 1969

Closure of the Whakatū freezing works, 1986

Closure of the Whakatū freezing works, 1986

Hunt at Ōmarunui

Hunt at Ōmarunui

Māngārara station, Central Hawke’s Bay

Māngārara station, Central Hawke’s Bay

Farm forestry

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Horticulture

Horticulture on the Heretaunga plain

Horticulture on the Heretaunga plain

Fruit bowl float

Fruit bowl float

Harvest time

Harvest time (1 o 2)

God’s work

God’s work (2 o 2)

Frimley Canning Factory, about 1910

Frimley Canning Factory, about 1910

Canned splendour

Canned splendour

Pea processing at Wattie's, 1959

Pea processing at Wattie's, 1959

Farmers' market

Farmers' market

Mai i te whārangi 9 - Government, education and health

Hawke’s Bay Provincial Council

Hawke’s Bay Provincial Council

Local government boundary changes

Local government boundary changes

Private schools in Havelock North

Private schools in Havelock North

Napier Hospital, 1969

Napier Hospital, 1969

Mai i te whārangi 10 - Transport and infrastructure

Packhorses, about 1895

Packhorses, about 1895

Transport by water

Transport by water

Crossing the Devil’s Elbow, 1905

Crossing the Devil’s Elbow, 1905

Droving sheep on an unsealed road

Droving sheep on an unsealed road

Port of Napier

Railway line through Hastings, 1976

Railway line through Hastings, 1976

Mai i te whārangi 11 - Arts, culture and built heritage

Rongomaiwahine, about 1910

Rongomaiwahine, about 1910 (1 o 2)

Rongomaiwahine, 2009

Rongomaiwahine, 2009 (2 o 2)

Aramoana station homestead

Aramoana station homestead

Art deco style

Art deco style (1 o 5)

Prairie style

Prairie style (2 o 5)

Spanish mission style

Spanish mission style (3 o 5)

Chicago School

Chicago School (4 o 5)

Stripped classical style

Stripped classical style (5 o 5)

‘Study for memorial mural’, 1960

‘Study for memorial mural’, 1960

Whare Ra exterior

Whare Ra exterior (1 o 2)

Whare Ra interior

Whare Ra interior (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 12 - Sport, leisure and tourism

Hawke’s Bay racing

Hawke’s Bay racing

Horse sports, Hawke’s Bay A & P Show, 1945

Horse sports, Hawke’s Bay A & P Show, 1945

Surf lifesaving, Ocean Beach

Surf lifesaving, Ocean Beach

Tourists at Lake Waikaremoana, 1912

Tourists at Lake Waikaremoana, 1912

Napier Carnival poster, 1933

Napier Carnival poster, 1933

Roadside Stories: Hawke's Bay rugby

Roadside Stories: Hawke's Bay rugby

Mai i te whārangi 13 - 20th-century developments

Hastings town centre, 1930s

Hastings town centre, 1930s

‘The Hawke’s Bay disaster’

‘The Hawke’s Bay disaster’

Earthquake destruction in Hastings, 1931

Earthquake destruction in Hastings, 1931

City images

Mai i te whārangi 14 - Society

Hawke’s Bay population

Hawke’s Bay population

Expensive real estate, Havelock North, 2009

Expensive real estate, Havelock North, 2009

Ngāti Kahungunu Waitangi Day festival

Ngāti Kahungunu Waitangi Day festival

Social deprivation

Social deprivation

Pita Sharples talks to gang members, 2004

Pita Sharples talks to gang members, 2004

Ngāti Kahungunu tipuna (ancestors)

Ngāti Kahungunu tipuna (ancestors)

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Kerryn Pollock, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/hawkes-bay-region/media (accessed 23 March 2023)

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 13 Aug 2009, updated 1 Jul 2015