TRAVEL DISTANCES BETWEEN MAIN CENTRES SHOWN IN KMS BELOW. Note Travel times may vary during oor eather conditions Te Tai Tokerau 179 144 98 Northland 85 84 The 140 OMAPERE Tohu Whenua WHANGĀREI Story

Nau mai, haere mai ki te kaupapa o Tohu Whenua.

Tohu Whenua are places that have shaped Aotearoa . Located in stunning landscapes and rich NORTHLAND with stories, they offer some of our best heritage experiences.

Kaitaia  Walk in the footsteps of extraordinary and ordinary  New Zealanders and hear about the deeds, struggles, Kerikeri  triumphs and innovations that make us who we are. 8  Russell   With Tohu Whenua as your guide, embark on a journey  to some of our most important landmarks and immerse Omapere yourself in our diverse and unique history.

Visit Tohu Whenua in Northland, Otago and West Coast. Whangārei

TOHU WHENUA . Ruapekapeka Pā . Pompallier Mission & Printery Local Information In the event of an emergency, dial 111

. Cape Brett/Rākaumangamanga To reort or check current road conditions Weather in Northland can change uneectedly 4. Rangihoua Heritage Park on the state highay call GWA ake sure you take aroriate arm clothing . Kororipo Heritage Park or check online at a aterroof acket food and ater hen 6. Waitangi Treaty Grounds ourneysntagovtnnorthland emarking on alks in the area . 8. Māngungu Mission . Clendon House Cover image credits. Top: Kororipo Heritage Park, Northland Inc. Bottom left: Waitangi, Waitangi Treaty Grounds. Bottom right: Cape Brett, inspiring.journeys. TWBR01

www.tohuwhenua.nz/northland The 3 CAPE BRETT/RĀKAUMANGAMANGA 7 TE WAIMATE MISSION Guiding light Exemplar of European influences Northland Rākaumangamanga was the landing point of the Te Waimate Mission shows the remains of a first seven who followed the beaconing model European village built by missionaries, Story lights of the peninsula’s crystalline rocks to by invitation of Ngāpuhi chiefs at Okuratope Aotearoa. Fittingly, in 1906 Cape Brett became Pā. See the last of three mission houses, walk in The birth of a bi-cultural nation the site of a lighthouse that continued to light the footsteps of scientist Charles Darwin and a safe passage for new arrivals. Located above meet some heritage Pitt Island sheep as you Northland’s Tohu Whenua, and the interweaving journeys, the famous Hole-in-the-Rock Island, access is by learn about the influence of European farming practices on the missionaries and Māori alike. tell the stories of our beginnings. These are places where both walking (8 hours) or water taxi (35 mins). Claudia Babirat Grant Sheehan our Māori and European ancestors arrived, centuries apart, Cape Brett, 344 Te Ahu Ahu Road, and where their identities were defined. 4 8 Early encounters, cultural differences, challenges and RANGIHOUA HERITAGE PARK MāNGUNGU MISSION aspirations were the hallmarks of understanding how we First side-by-side settlement The largest treaty signing became New Zealanders. Stand where our people first Rangihoua Heritage Park tells the story of Māngungu was established as a Wesleyan mission engaged, feel the tensions and curiosities, apprehensions and Chief and , who both station under the invitation and protection of saw the benefits for their people of living side the Māori leader Patuone and was the scene of partnerships, and appreciate why our journey continues today. by side. Explore the place where the first the largest signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi by over planned European settlement was welcomed 70 chiefs. Tour the , take in the INFORMATION KEY by Māori, where missionaries began writing down stunning views over the Hokianga Harbour or Te Reo, and where New Zealand’s first Christmas start your Twin Coast Cycle Trail ride here. Great for Walking involved families Day service was held. Department of Conservation Claudia Babirat Tohu Whenua Location Wheelchair Amenities Entry fee access Oihi Road, Te Tii Motukiore Road, Hōreke, Hokianga

1 RUAPEKAPEKA PĀ 5 KORORIPO HERITAGE PARK 9 CLENDON HOUSE

Defying British violations of the Treaty A meeting place of cultures Home of an enterprising family Reacting to the British breaches of Te Tiriti o Kororipo is a place of gathering where some of A colonial home built in the 1860s, Clendon House Waitangi, it was here at Ruapekapeka Pā that Māori the most important early meetings between tells the story of Captain James Reddy Clendon chiefs and their outnumbered warriors made their Māori and Europeans were held. Walk the pā of and his wife Jane Takotowi Clendon. A Māori final stand of the Northern Wars. Explore ditches, famed chief , have an authentic cultural widow living in a pre-treaty Pākehā world, Jane bank defences and a cannon at this battlefield and historical experience at Te Ahurea, picnic raised eight children, rose out of her husband’s overlooking beautiful countryside as far as the eye on the banks of the Kerikeri River, shop at New debt and preserved their home for future can see, where Māori ingenuity outwitted Western Zealand’s oldest store, the , and tour generations; an exemplar of the remarkable technology, culminating in a bloody stalemate. Claudia Babirat our oldest building, Kemp House (fee applies). Grant Sheehan women of the times. Steve Burgess

Timperley Road, Towai Landing Road, Kerikeri Clendon Esplanade, Rawene

2 POMPALLIER MISSION AND PRINTERY 6 WAITANGI TREATY GROUNDS

The power of print Our bi-cultural birthplace New Zealand’s only surviving pioneer printery and Waitangi Treaty Grounds marks our start as a tannery, Pompallier Mission time-capsules the bi-cultural nation, where Te Tiriti o Waitangi was impact of Bishop Pompallier and his missionaries signed by Māori chiefs and the British Crown on 6 in introducing Catholicism by producing written February 1840. Marvel at the largest waka in the works in Te Reo Māori. Take an unforgettable tour world and intricate carvings of Te Whare Rūnanga, Bay of Islands The Hub Info Centre Hokianga of our oldest industrial building, located just a 5 tour world class museums and appreciate the 69 Marsden Road, 91 Dent Street, 29 State Highway 12, minute walk from the Kororareka (Russell) Wharf. place where our journey as New Zealanders began. Town Basin, Whangārei Opononi Grant Sheehan Entry includes tour and cultural performance. Waitangi Treaty Grounds

The Strand, on the waterfront, Russell Drive, Waitangi