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Howick

Howick Beach was renamed Waipaparoa / Howick Beach as part of the Treaty settlement signed with the Crown in November 2015.

Pre-European History
Maraetai, marae of the tides, was claimed by those on the Tainui waka as a home for those who stayed. It became the heartland of the oldest extant iwi group of Auckland.

European settlement
The mission station at Maraetai was established in July 1837 and was run by William Fairburn. The mission was tied to Ngai Tai at Mataetai and at Umupuia kainga nearby and became a base for the CMS. The mission school was taught by Elizabeth Fairburn, an linguist and translator.

The headland now known as Omana, is the site of the Omanawatere Pā, named after Manawatere, the Ngai Tai ancestor who left his mark on a large Pohutukawa tree, indicating the site as a good place to settle. Although Manawatere had left his mark in many places, his mark left at Maraetai and Howick are the best known. To the east of Omana lies Te Puru. Caves between Te Puru and Omana open and close with the tides and were associated with physical and spiritual rituals of arrivals and departures. With erosion, a number of pohutukawa burials have been revealed in the area. Radio carbon analysis has determined that the fortified Pā and other sacred features date from the early 1600s. This area is still considered sacred by Ngai Tai. Te Puru is now a sports field and while in development, a number of burial sites were disturbed. These remains were reinterred and a section of the grounds were reshaped to form a burial mound marked by a carved pou or post.

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