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The deep forest that surrounded the harbour was alive with birds while the sea and harbour teemed with fish." Tane, who had great mana, although still young, took Tod and Ben with him to pay their respects to Te Ari, chief of the pa. Over on the ocean beach front, about a mile away, stood the magnificant terraced pa of Whakaturia." (Both these significant pa are privately owned Whakaturia means "To make a stand".)". They set up their slipway at the north end of the beach that faces the harbour, where there is a permanent spring of good water, and close to the foot of the hill on which the fortifications and stockade of the Whangaruru Pa. Henderson in his book Taina says "They found Whangaruru a splendid place for their purpose-on a peninsular with two waterfronts, one to the open sea and one to the harbour, and both with fine sandy beaches. In the 1840's, Tod Henderson and Ben Savage were taken to Whangaruru by Tane, the son of a chief from Waikare to build a boat. In July of 1842, missionary Charles Baker the Waikare catechist records baptising eight Maori at Whangaruru and taking communion with 30 Maori christians.Ĭommercial opportunities up and down the coast continued to grow as the missionaries, traders and settlers expanded out from the Bay of Islands. In the early 1840's, Whangaruru was becoming a regular stop by those travelling south by land from the Bay of Islands via Waikare. Te Morenga himself died at Whangaruru in 1834.

By 1821, spars were being provided to ships of the Royal Navy from bush workings at Whangaruru controlled by Chief Timarangi. Marsden's third journey to New Zealand in 1820 had been made at the request of the Admiralty with the purpose of facilitating the purchase of kauri spars. Maori living between Cape Brett through to Whangaruru and south to Mimiwhangata and Whananaki were keen for their company due to the benefits of a trading relationship with the newcomers. John Butler who passed through with Chief Te Morenga. Other hapu with ties to Whangaruru were Ngaititai, Ngatitura and Te Uriohikihiki, all with connections to Ngapuhi.īy the 1820, Whangaruru had come to the attention of the missionaries Marsden and Rev. Traditionally Whangaruru Harbour is a stopping place for sea travelers between the Bay of Islands and Whangārei, and between the Ngatiwai populations on the off shore islands. Puhimoanariki, the first ancestor of Ngapuhi, named this place "Whangaruru" while sailing up the coast. It took Puhi a long time to find a good sheltered place to settle, so when he did he named it "Whangaruru" Whanga (to wait), ruru (to shelter), or alternatively the sheltered harbour. This area is of particular significance to Ngatiwai, who are the tangata whenua. Traditional and early historical significance