Tautoro
locality in Far North District, Northland Region, New Zealand
Tautoro is a locality about 8 km (5.0 mi) south-southeast of Kaikohe in Northland, New Zealand. The eastern part of the locality has a small scoria cone, Hangunui Pā, the youngest scoria cone Tauanui (351 m (1,152 ft)) in the southern part of the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field, Lake Tauanui, and the hill Tautoro (463 m (1,519 ft)) which has which gives the locality's name.
History and culture
Tautoro has Ngāpuhi marae:
Kaingahoa Mataraua Marae and Tūmanako meeting house are affiliated with Ngāi Tāwake ki te Waoku and Ngāti Rangi.
Te Maata Marae and Te Whare Huinga are connected to Ngāti Moerewa and Ngāti Rangi.
Te Rīngi and Māhūhū ki te Rangi meeting house are affiliated with Ngāti Moerewa.
Māhūhū ki te Rangi Marae and meeting house belong to Ngāti Moerewa.
Te Hungāiti is also a meeting ground for both hapū.
In October 2020, the Government committed $90,424 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade Te Maata Marae and Te Kotahitanga Marae, creating 12 jobs.
Name
Tautoro can mean to stretch forward and there are two versions of how the Ngāpuhi ancestor Rāhiri, gave the name. Either at Tautoro he rested, stretching out his cloak string (tau: string; toro: to stretch) or his shoulder garment was burnt (tau: cord; toro: burned).
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Tautoro” as locality in Far North District, Northland Region, New Zealand. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as locality in Far North District, Northland Region, New Zealand. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2397483. Authority coordinates are -35.473, 173.840. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Tautoro” 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.