View of Te Matau a Pohe (Whangarei) Traditional Cache
View of Te Matau a Pohe (Whangarei)
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Off the main road you will find a small boat ramp that comes upon a brilliant view of the new Draw bridge. You may need a bit of height for this one...
About the Bridge:
Skilled at making fish-hooks, Wiremu Pohe, the Ngati Kahu chief who welcomed the first English settlers to Whangarei, has landed a place in modern history.
The Whangarei District Council infrastructure and services committee yesterday decided to call the new Lower Hatea River bridge Te Matau a Pohe (The Fish Hook of Pohe).
Public submissions were sought on naming the bridge and the Project Control Group - a team of councillors and senior staff appointed by the committee - considered 91 names submitted, including Jaw Bridge, Mandible Bridge and Made in China.
As part of the public submission process, the council consulted kaumatua from local iwi - Taipari Munro (Te Parawhau), Richard Shepherd (Ngati Kahu o Torongare), Te Wahiri Heteraka (Ngati Wai), and Buster Whautere (urban Maori) - who preferred the name Te Matau a Pohe.
Acceptance of this name was linked to UK bridge architect Martin Knight being inspired by the shape of Maori fish hooks when designing the bridge.
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