Rangitukia

Rangitukia is a small settlement 10 kilometres south of East Cape in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It is near the mouth of the Waiapu River.

The settlement is an important place in Ngāti Porou and the founding place for Christian missions in the Gisborne District.

The Rangitukia cemetery includes the burial ground of Canon Hone Kaa and former Māori All Black George Nēpia.

Labour Party MP Cushla Tangaere-Manuel is from Rangitukia.

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