Titiro whakamuri, kōkiri whakamura' 
'When you understand the past, you know your future'

Taonga Tū | Heritage Bay of Plenty is a charitable trust which promotes heritage experiences and all things heritage across the Western Bay of Plenty. Visit our work so far.

Where our cultural heritage began:

Arrivals: 950-1300 
Kupe then the waka migrations from Tākitimu, Mātaatua and Te Arawa which formed the emergence of our Western Bay of Plenty whānau, hapū and iwi.  Then from the late 18th and early to mid 19th Century came the whalers, the sealers, and adventurers and from there came the European, Asian and Pacifica settlements - all of which have laid their footprints upon the Western Bay of Plenty whenua.

​It's time to hear the varied stories from our very beginnings through to the many differing cultural stories of all those who now call Western Bay of Plenty home. 

From those first waka our hapū/iwi today are: 
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Takatimu: Ngāti Ranginui.
Mataatua: Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngā Pōtiki.
Te Arawa: Waitaha, Taupika, Ngati Makino, Ngati Whakaue.

CURRENT PROJECTS

EXPORE HISTORIC TAURANGA
HISTORIC MAP & GUIDE:
Ngā Tapuwae ki Te papa |
Footprints on Te Papa
Sixth Ave to Te Pari Taha | Sulphur Point. 
​Look up the website here 

Pick your copy up at:
i-SITE, Tauranga Library, EVES Cameron Road, BAY SUN AT No.1 The Strand, Sharp Tudhope Lawyers.

COMING SOON
​A WBoP Heritage Strategy:
Orokohanga Poutama | Heritage Together - Kotahitanga,  which means:

 'weaving a stairway from creation towards heritage unity, recognition and excellence across the Western Bay of Plenty'

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Western Bay of Plenty | Tauranga     ​

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Acknowledgement: Photographs: Chris Taylor; Tauranga City Libraries, Tauranga Heritage Collection, CR Brown,