Mangatainoka Heads Shelter
The place
Mangatainoka Heads Shelter in the Hawke's Bay region, Wairoa/Waikaremoana sector (Te Urewera Ngāi Tūhoe, North Island, New Zealand), at 851 m elevation, Huiarau plateau. Continuous New Zealand Te Urewera cluster (batches 234-369). DOC/Te Uru Taumatua Ngāi Tūhoe shelter (Mangatainoka, a Māori river toponym + Te Urewera Act 2014, the world's only legal-entity-status protected area, a 2,127 km² park managed jointly + Waikaremoana Great Walk, 46 km, 3 days, an iconic NZ Great Walk + Lake Waikaremoana, 54 km², formed by a 1846 landslide (2,200 years old estimate for the natural dam) + Ngāi Tūhoe iwi Māori heritage, 46,000 people, Māori-Tūhoe dialect + Rua Kēnana, prophet, 1907 New Zion at Maungapōhatu, 1,000 followers, autonomy broken in 1916 by a police raid + Tūhoe Claims Settlement Act 2014, $170 million NZD + Te Urewera's 2014 legal-entity recognition, a precedent for the Whanganui River 2017 and the Ganges 2017 India, similar decisions worldwide).
The setting
Hawke's Bay Wairoa/Waikaremoana Te Urewera Ngāi Tūhoe NZ 851 m Huiarau plateau, continuous cluster batches 234-369, DOC/Te Uru Taumatua shelter Mangatainoka Māori river name + Te Urewera Act 2014 legal entity 2,127 km² + Waikaremoana Great Walk 46 km 3 days iconic + lake 54 km² 1846 landslide 2,200 years, Tūhoe iwi 46,000 dialect + Rua Kēnana prophet 1907 New Zion Maungapōhatu 1,000 followers 1916 raid + Settlement 2014 $170 million + Whanganui 2017 + Ganges 2017 India legal entity.
