Whitianga

Whitianga is a metropolis at the Coromandel Peninsula, within the Waikato Region of New Zealand's North Island. The town is placed on Mercury Bay, at the northeastern coast of the peninsula. The town has a everlasting population of 5, 080 as of June 2018, making it the second one-biggest metropolis at the Coromandel Peninsula in the back of Thames. Whitianga has been constantly occupied for extra than a thousand years due to the fact Maori explorer Kupe’s tribe settled right here after his go to in about 950 AD. Following this visit, lots of Kupe's tribe settled here. Te Whitianga o Kupe is the authentic place call of the city that means Kupe's crossing vicinity.

Whitianga Pa, placed at the ferry landing facet of the river is a great web page. According to Ngati Hei history the earliest known leader occupying the rock was Hei Turepe. The pa is included on three facets by means of sheer cliffs. The hill main up to the pa at the fourth facet is defended by a 22-foot man-made ditch that is now a part of the song main right down to Back Bay wherein pa inhabitants had gets right of entry to shellfish.