Paengaroa
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DescriptionPaenga is boundary, roa is long - a long boundary or margin. This part of the Bay of Plenty was the scene of battles between Arawa and Ngaiterangi forces for many years in the 1830s until a peace was brokered in 1845. As a result of all the fighting, many weapons and implements used in war were constantly being ploughed up by farmers - a set of paddles found near the Kaituna River at the back of Mr Claude Palmer's farm ended up at a museum in Wellington.
The first Pakeha settler to arrive was Mr John Levis in 1891. Having no timber to build a cottage, he dug himself an underground shelter in which he resided for two years. Other settlers arrived and gradually a school was opened in 1906, a general store was established and a space next to the Store was used as a Post Office. Flax milling was an important industry and as it grew, other services were established to support those workers.
Although Paengaroa remains a small community at less than 1,000 inhabitants in population, it is a close knit and active village which sits just off State Highway 2 near Te Puke.
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The first Pakeha settler to arrive was Mr John Levis in 1891. Having no timber to build a cottage, he dug himself an underground shelter in which he resided for two years. Other settlers arrived and gradually a school was opened in 1906, a general store was established and a space next to the Store was used as a Post Office. Flax milling was an important industry and as it grew, other services were established to support those workers.
Although Paengaroa remains a small community at less than 1,000 inhabitants in population, it is a close knit and active village which sits just off State Highway 2 near Te Puke.
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Paengaroa. Western Bay of Plenty Community Archives, accessed 04/10/2024, https://westernbay.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/1364
