Country New Zealand Local time Friday 9:15 AM | Region Northland Region District Far North District | |
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Waima is a community in the south Hokianga area of Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 12 runs through the area. The Waima River flows through the Waima Valley into the Hokianga Harbour. Rawene is to the north west, and Kaikohe is to the north east.
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Map of Waima 0473, New Zealand
History
In 1810, an encounter at Waima during the Musket Wars resulted in the death of the Ngā Puhi chief Te Tauroto. Te Whareumu was killed and Muriwai mortally wounded in a skirmish in March 1828.
The chief of the sub tribe Te Mahurehure and Te Urikaiwhare was Mohi Tawhai (d.1875), who was a signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 and was known as the peace maker of the North.
Waima was the site of a Wesleyan mission in the mid-19th century. In the 1870s timber milling commenced in the area.
In 1898, people of Waima refused to pay a tax on dogs, and marched on Rawene in the Dog Tax War.
Notable people
Education
Waima School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a decile rating of 4 and a roll of 62. The school was founded in 1881. During the Dog Tax War of 1898, the government army of 120 men set up camp at Waima School.