List of historic places in Tauranga

An old-fashioned house in a grassy and forested landscape
The Elms Mission House, a Category 1 Place and Historic Area in Tauranga

Tauranga is a city and territorial authority in the Bay of Plenty Region of the North Island of New Zealand. The area around Tauranga Harbour was home to large Māori settlements during the precolonial era, while European presence began in the early 1830s as traders began settling its shores. It was the site of the British Tauranga campaign against the Māori in 1864, which resulted in the confiscation of Ngāi Te Rangi land and the establishment of a military settlement in the region. Increased European settlement came in the succeeding years, resulting in the founding of the town in 1873. It was incorporated as a borough in 1882 and a city in 1961.[1]

Heritage New Zealand classifies sites on the New Zealand Heritage List / Rārangi Kōrero in accordance with the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014. It distinguishes between Category 1 ("places of special or outstanding historical or cultural significance") and Category 2 ("places of historic or cultural significance"). Sites containing a number of related significant places are listed as Historic Areas.[2][3] Additionally, sites important to Māori communities are given special classifications, including wāhi tapu for sites of spiritual, traditional, or ritual importance; and wāhi tūpuna for sites of ancestral significance. Thirty sites in Tauranga are included on the New Zealand Heritage List, including three Category 1 sites and seventeen Category 2 sites.[3]

Places

List of historic places in Tauranga
Name Classification Location Constructed Registered List
number 		Notes Image Ref.
Te Pā o Te Ariki Wāhi tūpuna Maungatapu Road, Maungatapu — 2021 9852 A Māori site associated with the Ngāti He hapū of the Ngāi Te Rangi. Contains the Maungatapu marae and Te Ariki pā. [4]
Te Tāhuna o Rangataua Wāhi tapu area Rangataua Bay, Tauranga Central — 2019 9787 A Māori area associated with the Nga Potiki hapū of the Ngāi Te Rangi. It contains Rangataua Bay. [5]
Hopukiore, Moturiki, Motuotau and Te Toka o Marutuahu Wāhi tapu area Marine Parade, Mount Maunganui — 2010 9503 Māori sites associated with the Ngai Tamawhariua hapū of the Ngāi Te Rangi. Contains Hopukiore (a hill), Moturiki (a tombolo), Motuotau (an island), and Te Toka o Marutuahu (an offshore rock). A view overlooking two grassy islands, one connected to the shore by a thin strip [6]
Mauao Wāhi tapu Mount Maunganui — 2009 9423 A Māori site associated with the Nga Potiki hapū of the Ngāti Apa. Contains Mauao and the surrounding peninsula and outcrops. A view of the lush mountain Mauao from across a bay [7]
Te Roto Horua Wāhi tapu Taniwha Place, Bethlehem — 2010 9244 Māori site associated with the Ngai Kahu hapū of the Ngāi Te Rangi. It contains a parcel of the bank and riverbed of the Wairoa River. [8]
Pukehinahina Wāhi tapu Cameron Road and Church Street, Gate Pa 1900 2008 7774 A Māori site associated with the Ngāti Ranginui. It contains a tomokanga (carved gateway) memorial plaque and the St George's Chapel, built in 1900 to commemorate the Battle of Gate Pā. [9][10]
Te Houhou Ki Wairakei Wāhi tapu area South Papamoa Beach Road, Papamoa — 2005 7641 Māori site associated with the Nga Potiki hapū of the Ngāti Apa. It contains the pā Te Houhou and the site where the Ngati Tauwhao chief Hikareia was killed. [11]
Tauranga Bond Store Category 1 1 The Strand and Anson Street, Tauranga Central 1883 2008 7738 Built in 1883 as a warehouse and bond store, the building was owned by wholesale wine and spirits importers from 1908 to 1987, and has since seen various business tenants. It is the oldest remaining commercial building in Tauranga. [12]
Kairua Wāhi tapu Area Kairua Road, Papamoa — 2000 7505 Māori sites associated with the Nga Potiki hapū of the Ngāti Apa. It contains an archaeological complex including two pā, part of a larger regional pā system. [13]
Papamoa No.2 Burial Reserve Wāhi tapu Area Maranui Street, Papamoa — 2002 7499 Māori sites associated with the Nga Potiki hapū of the Ngāti Apa. [14]
Elms Mission Station Historic Area Mission Street, Tauranga Central 1838–1847 1993 7016 A Church Mission Society mission in use from the 1830s to 1870s. Contains various mission buildings, alongside one of the oldest ornamental gardens in New Zealand. A view of a white chapel and an observation tower in a lush area [15]
Mangatawa Category 2 Mangatawa Lane, Te Maunga — 1994 6705 A site of Māori cultural significance. [16]
Military Camp & Old Stone Steps Category 2 Adams Avenue, Mount Maunganui — 1984 6404 An archaeological site containing the remains of a 19th-century European militia and pilot station near Mauao. [17]
Kinonui Pā Category 2 Pilot Quay, Mount Maunganui — 1984 6403 A pā on the western slopes of Mauao associated with the Ngāti Pūkenga. [18]
Pā Category 2 Mount Maunganui — 1984 6401 A pā on Mauao associated with the Ngāti Pūkenga. [19]
Maungawhare Category 2 34 Parkvale Road, Tauranga Central 1875 1983 4571 A house built in Tudor design by Henry Stainforth Brabant in 1875. Originally known as "Woodhill", this name shifted to his second home (also a historic place) when he sold the site. [20][21]
J. C. Adams Cottage Category 2 4 Adams Avenue, Mount Maunganui — 1987 4570 A summer home built by builder and politician John Cuthbert Adams. [22][23]
Stone Jetty / Boulder Wharf Category 2 Mount Maunganui 1888 1987 4569 A jetty constructed in 1888 and opened in 1889 by Tauranga mayor James Bodell. It was the first wharf in Mount Maunganui. [24]
Hotel St Amand Category 2 105 The Strand, Tauranga Central 1918 1987 4568 A hotel designed in 1918 by Herbert Henry Clemson, featuring reinforced concrete supports and brick infill. It supported the adjacent port, now relocated. It is now used as a restaurant and hostel. [25][26]
Native School and Hostel (former) Category 2 83 Seventh Avenue, Tauranga Central 1878 1983 4563 A hostel in use from 1878 to 1956 to support visiting Māori from Mōtītī Island. It was assigned for use as a Māori community centre in 1963. [27][28]
Post Office/Government Building (former) Category 1 41 Harington Street, Tauranga Central 1906 1983 4560 An Edwardian Baroque post office and government building designed by John Campbell. Mainly brick construction, with cement and roughcast siding. Now used for offices and a bistro. A photo of the Tauranga Post Office Building, a two-storey building with a clock tower. Its first storey is red, while the second storey and roof are shades of yellow and orange. [29]
War Memorial Gates Category 2 Tauranga Wharepai Domain, 45 Cameron Road, Tauranga Central 1921 1987 4567 A set of gates at the entrance to the Tauranga Domain. Commemorates and lists the names of 91 soldiers who died in the First World War. [30][31]
Foresters’ Hall Category 2 155-159 Seventeenth Avenue, Tauranga Central 1908 1987 4566 Built in 1908 as the meeting hall of the Ancient Order of Foresters. It fell under borough council ownership in 1932, and was used by St John Ambulance and a local brass band. In 1989, it was moved to the Tauranga Historic Village. [32][33]
Topcroft Category 2 Ranginui Road, Welcome Bay 1870 1983 4565 A house built for missionary Samuel Clarke in 1870. During the 1980s, it was moved from its original position on Edgcumbe Road to Ranginui Road. [34][35]
Taiparoro Category 2 11 Fifth Avenue and Devonport Road, Tauranga Central 1882 1987 4564 A timber house built in Carpenter Gothic style by John Cuthbert Adams in 1882. [36][37]
House & Adjoining Shop Category 2 405/407a and 664 Cameron Road,Tauranga Central 1877 1983 2712 A house and the adjacent Crabbe Grocery and Drapery Store were rebuilt in 1877 from an earlier store building founded ten years prior. After use by various buildings, the store portion was moved to the Tauranga Boys' College in 2002, where it is used as a uniform shop. [38]
The Elms (dwelling), Kitchen Block and Dairy Category 2 15 Mission Street, Tauranga Central 1877 1983 2711 The kitchen and dairy buildings of the Elms Mission Station. Although the mission was founded in the 1830s, the domestic service buildings were rebuilt after a fire in 1877. A view of two small white buildings with a hand water pump [39][40]
Woodhill Category 2 167 Grange Road, Otūmoetai 1885 1983 795 A domestic Gothic residence designed by Fitzgibbon Louch for Henry Stainforth Brabant. It replaced an earlier residence also initially named Woodhill. [21][41][42]
Brain-Watkins House Category 2 233 Cameron Road, Tauranga Central 1881 1983 791 A timber house built by boatbuilder Joseph Denham Brain in 1881. It was willed to the Tauranga Historical Society by his daughter in 1979, and converted into a house museum. [43][44]
The Elms Mission House and Library Category 1 15 Mission Street, Tauranga Central 1838–1847 1983 30 A timber house and library building. Built by missionaries in the area in the 1830s, they are the oldest surviving buildings in the Bay of Plenty Region. They sit on the grounds of the Elms Historic Area. A large white building in a grassy environment [45]

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