COMBINING AWE-INSPIRING NATURAL LANDSCAPES WITH FASCINATING HISTORY. The stories of New Zealand Aotearoa LANDMARKS weave together places and events to create a rich tapestry of our history. Northland is WHENUA TOHUNGA home to many sites that helped shape the Discover the places that have shaped nation we are today. Discover, experience our nation and created our stories. and enjoy these stories by visiting our History comes to life at these nine Landmarks Whenua Tohunga. significant Northland Landmarks. Whether you’re a New Zealander or a visitor, you can gain a deeper understanding of who To plan your trip and learn more we were and who we are today. about the fascinating history you’ll We invite you to explore as many see along the way, visit sites as you can. www.landmarks.nz

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1 Ruapekapeka Pā 2 Pompallier Mission and Printery Dargaville 3 Cape Brett / Rākaumangamanga 4 Waitangi Treaty Grounds PLACES THAT TELL 5 Māngungu Mission 6 Rangihoua Heritage Park OUR STORIES 7 Te Waimate Mission 8 Kororipo Heritage Park 9 Clendon House 1 RUAPEKAPEKA PĀ 2  POMPALLIER MISSION AND PRINTERY 3 CAPE BRETT / RĀKAUMANGAMANGA 4 WAITANGI TREATY GROUNDS THE FINAL BATTLE THE POWER OF PRINT GUIDING LIGHT OUR NATION’S BIRTHPLACE Explore Ruapekapeka Pā, the site of the final battle of Pompallier Mission is New Zealand’s oldest industrial The light reflecting off the crystalline rocks once Stand at the very spot where the Treaty of Waitangi, the New Zealand Wars in the North. The conflict was building and only surviving pioneer printery and tannery. helped guide the earliest waka to a safe landfall our founding document, was signed by Māori chiefs fought between British colonial forces and northern Situated on the waterfront in the , the in this new homeland. For the past 100 years and the British Crown on 6 February 1840. Explore Māori in 1845-1846 over different interpretations of mission and printery is a rare survivor of the traditional the Cape Brett lighthouse has lit and protected Te Whare Rūnanga (the House of Assembly) and the the Treaty of Waitangi. The innovative design of the French rammed-earth style of architecture. Bishop the coast for all seafarers, and continues to do waka house containing the world’s largest war canoe. pā was very effective as a defence against British Pompallier understood the power of the printed word, so today. Only one lighthouse keeper’s cottage The new state-of-the-art Museum of Waitangi, where muskets and heavy artillery. You can still see the and his Marist missionaries printed thousands of books. remains at Cape Brett - Rakaumangamanga – past and present meet, tells the story of this special

ditch and bank defences, a cannon used by Chief Photo Credit: Steve Burgess a solitary reminder of the challenges of being place through multi-media displays and significant Kawiti and the earthen defences of the British. a lighthouse keeper in this remote place. taonga (treasures) associated with Waitangi.

5 MĀNGUNGU MISSION 6 RANGIHOUA HERITAGE PARK 7 TE WAIMATE MISSION 8 KORORIPO HERITAGE PARK 9 CLENDON HOUSE THE LARGEST TREATY OF OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS STORY NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST FARM A MEETING PLACE OF CULTURES HOME OF AN ENTERPRISING FAMILY WAITANGI SIGNING Marsden Cross Kororipo Pā, Rewa’s Village, , Here at Te Waimate you will find the remains A glimpse into the fascinating life and Kemp House On the shores of the Hokianga Harbour, At Rangihoua Heritage Park you can explore of a model English village built by missionaries. aspirations of an early colonial family. Māngungu was established as a Wesleyan New Zealand’s first planned European Our first farm was established by the Set in the Kerikeri Basin, Kororipo Heritage This stylish residence was built in the 1860's mission station in 1828 under the invitation settlement, a place where Māori and Church Missionary Society to teach British Park is a place where Māori and Europeans for Captain James Reddy Clendon and his wife and protection of the Māori leader Europeans lived side by side through an farming practices and promote the ideals of lived side by side to trade and learn from Jane, who was of Hokianga Māori descent. Patuone. The simple mission building was agreement between Chief Ruatara and Western civilisation to Māori. You can also each other. A site where important meetings After James’ death in 1872, Jane managed constructed in 1839 for the Reverend Reverend . The Marsden walk in the footsteps of a famous visitor, the have been held for hundreds of years. to raise their eight children alone, maintain Nathaniel Turner. On 12 February 1840 it Cross memorial marks the place where scientist and evolutionist Charles Darwin, Explore Kororipo Pā once the fortress and the family’s business interests and preserve became the scene of the largest Treaty New Zealand’s very first Christmas Day service who stayed here for the Christmas of 1835. headquarters of famed and feared Māori their family home for future generations. Chief Hongi Hika, see the Stone Store and of Waitangi signing, with more than 70 was held, led by Reverend Marsden in 1814. Photo Credit: Nick Thompson, Flickr.com (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Photo Credit: Steve Burgess chiefs gathering at Māngungu to add their historic Kemp House – New Zealand’s oldest signatures before a crowd of 3,000 people. standing European buildings – and walk the

Photo Credit: Steve Burgess paths of Rewa’s Village, a replica Māori fishing village named after Ngāpuhi Chief Rewa.