I ēnei rā, tū ai te whare karakia Mihinare o Whakatū ki runga o Cathedral Hill, ā, kake ai koe ki runga mā tētahi arawhata raima i hangaia i te tau 1913.Heoi, i te tau 1841, ko Pikimai te ingoa o tēnei wāhi, ā, tērā pea i tū he pā ki reira i ngā wā ō mua. I taua tau whakahaerehia ai ētahi hoko whenua nanakia. Nō muri ka whakataungia e Arthur Wakefield te tuakana o William rāua ko Edward Gibbon Wakefield, koinei te wāhi hei whakatū i te tāone o Nelson, te tāone mō ngā tāngata whai a Te Kamupene o Niu Tīreni. Nō te tau o muri mai, ka tae mai ngā tāngata whai tuatahi, ka tū ngā tari o te kamupene ki runga i te puke.