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Northern Advocate, 24 May 1941, Page 9

THE DAYS THAT WERE Mr. H. L. Kll£©i?d (Otaika Valley) wants to know . ... ,'v.» . : ir ■ :Jg i ’H 1 ' i ji \ tl’ , sli , , 5~ . 8 * , BH mmm H H IHBHM 1 - : ; -' , -. >: .\ _ - JHpf ■' I 1 I m MUK«i UMI '■til:: ’••.•> :;V.A. , v .. . A ;A.., ~.. ■A ; . .. .:.A AA\A .■ a CAMERON STREET, 65 YEARS AGO, LOOKING EAST, THE GIG IS POINTING TOWARDS WHAT IS NOW ADAMS BRUCE’S WINDOW. • . . How Whangarei came to be named, when it was and the meaning of the name, if any ? W T e asked: Mr. F. S. Holman, an authority on early Whangarei history, whose grandfather was one of the prominent men of the early days. He said: “My father gave me to understand that the name, Whangarei, wasrthat given to a small village on one of the bays nearer the harbour entrance and that geographers had named the harbour and district after that village. The name of the village landing at what is now the Whangarei town basin was Ahipupu. “The name, Whangarei, of course, would be given long before the advent of the pakeha. Actually the Whangarei of today was founded by traders who bartered imported provisions for local products. “Williams' Maori dictionary gives the meaning of Whangarei as—Whanga: Bay, bight, nook, stretch of water; Rei: Swampy ground. On the other hand, Mr. A. M. Rust, in “Reminiscences of Early Whangarei,” gives the meaning as—Whanga: Harbour; Rei: Storage or safety piace, hence protected harbour. Wise’s Index gives the meaning as ‘steady-charge,’ a command given in battle. Either of the first two interpretations seems the most likely, although there is a possibility that the name was applied by the ancient Maori in commemoration of an incident which occurred during tribal communal life. “While considering the name of Whangarei it is interesting to note that Bream Head was named by Captain Cook when he anchored in. the bay on November 25, 17C9. His report read: ‘We had no sooner come to anchor when we caught between 90 and 100 bream. This occasioned my giving the place the name of Bream Bay. The north head of the bay, called Bream Head, is high land and remarkable on account of several peaked recks ranged upon it.’ “Mai’sden’s first visit to Whangarei Harbour was on November 1,182 J. On May 26, 1822, Mr. Samuel Leigh, a Wesleyan minister, visited Whangarei to establish a mission, but decided in favour of Whangaroa. “The first white rnan to settle in Whangarei was Mr. William Carruth in 1839.” waHwmm—mmgEHSM—g WHAT DO YOH WANT TO KNOW? named hfofc.

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