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Galatea
Galatea is a settlement in the Whakatane
district in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New
Zealand. The forested hills and mountains of the Ikawhenua Range
and in particular Mount Tawhiuau stand guard on the eastern flank
of the Galatea Plains or Basin, an area surrounding the village. To
the west, and over the Rangitaiki River stretch the 120,000 acres
(490 km2) of the Kaingaroa Forest.
History
The coastal area of the Bay of Plenty has
been occupied by various tribes of Maori arriving in frail canoes
from the islands of Polynesia. As more canoes arrived, the
newcomers either fitted in with the peaceful residents or overcame
them with their warlike attitude. They fished when the season was
right, then moved inland to trap pigeons, gather fernroots, and
catch eels. At these times they reached Waiohau, Galatea, Murupara
and Te Whaiti.
When visits of European trading ships became
more common, the Galatea Maoris would travel down the river with
goods to barter. Flax was their main commodity and axes, spades,
hoes and later, guns and clothing were given in return. These
people were Ngati Manawa and their neighbours in the adjoining
Urewera forested hills were the Ngai Tuhoe, or "Children of the
Mist", who often raided the Ngati Manawa and on occasion drove them
out of the area.
Pomare, chief of the Nga Puhi from Northland
was in the habit of travelling south to fight with the Bay of
Plenty tribes and after attacking all the pa on the plains, chased
the Tuhoe back into the hills of the Ureweras. He returned home
with his canoes loaded with spoils and heads of the vanquished,
only to return a year later The Ngati Manawa were relieved to see
the Nga Puhi disappear up the Horomanga River to meet up with
Pomare's party who travelled up the Waimana River into the
mountainous Urewera lands.
A principal chief of Tuhoe sent a messenger
to Pomare asking for a meeting at which the threat of war between
the tribes ceased and this led to continuing peace between Ngapuhi
and Tuhoe.
The Pai Marire religion started in Taranaki
and was introduced to the Bay of Plenty in 1865 by two of its
prophets who met the Tuhoe, Ngati Manawa and Ngati Whare tribes
with the object of explaining the "new religion". Some accepted and
were initiated around the head of Captain P.W.J. Lloyd who had been
killed in Taranaki. In Opotiki, the Rev. Carl Völkner, a much loved
missionary was murdered by Hauhau, and later a half-caste
interpreter, James Fulloon was murdered at Whakatane. Open
hostility to "pakeha" was shown over a wide area, and killings
occurred on both sides.
This is where Fort Galatea came into use.
HMS Galatea at that time was visiting the country under the command
of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. and it is from this ship that
the name was derived. Soldiers were stationed at the Fort in
readiness to march into the forests of the Ureweras to fight the
Hauhau, and with them a renegade by the name of Te Kooti who had
been captured after a battle in the Poverty Bay area. He was
transported as a prisoner to the Chatham Islands when he soon
became the leader of the prisoners. During a riot, they escaped,
seized a schooner and reached the mainland where they continued the
war against the pakeha. Te Kooti was ruthless and in complete
control of the Hauhau, even though he was not one of them, but was
a prophet and leader of what was to become the Ringatu
religion.
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