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Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tai Tokerau

diocese of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ17023220 ↗
Source-derived summary

Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tai Tokerau is an episcopal polity or diocese of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Literally, the diocese is the Anglican bishopric of the north coast of the North Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand; also known as the synod (or in Māori: Te Hui Amorangi).

Te Pīhopatanga extends from the Bombay Hills south of Auckland through to Te Rerenga Wairua (the North Cape). According to the 2001 census, there are approximately 25,000 Māori Anglicans within this area. Te Tai Tokerau is one of five pīhopatanga, or episcopal units, that comprise Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa, the Māori Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Ministry

There are ten pastorates (ministry units) within Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tai Tokerau:

Archdeaconry of Te Tai Tokerau: Parengarenga-Ahipara-Peria, Whangaroa, South Hokianga, Waimate Taumarere, Whangarei, Northern Wairoa, and Nga Tapuwae o Te Ariki

Archdeaconry of Tamaki Makaurau: Te Mihana Maori o Tamaki Makaurau, Te Takiwā o Manukau, and Cook Island congregation (CIMAH)

Ministry also takes place in:

numerous prison, school and hospital chaplaincies

Te Whare Ruruhau o Meri, the social service agency based in Auckland

relational ministries including Kahui Wāhine (Women's ministry), Kahui Tane (Men's ministry), and Kahui Rangatahi (Youth ministry)

Structure

Te Pīhopatanga is governed by te Hui Amorangi, a representative synod that meets annually. The Komiti Tumuaki executive meets four times a year, and has two subcommittees: Ministry and Education. This executive is responsible for ordination and training matters; and a finance sub-committee.

Te Pīhopatanga comes under the episcopal leadership of te Pīhopa o (the Bishop of) Te Tai Tokerau. Kito Pikaahu was ordained bishop on 24 February 2002 at the age of 37.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tai Tokerau” as diocese of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2001, 2002—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Pīhopatanga, Tokerau and diocese can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as diocese of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17023220. The first chronological checks are 2001 and 2002.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tai Tokerau”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tai Tokerau primary sources, Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tai Tokerau archive and Pīhopatanga research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tai Tokerau”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tai Tokerau” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.