Mata Pa

Mata Pa is an archaeological site in Auckland Region, North Island. Mata Pa is situated nearby to the museum Māngungu Mission.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mangungu Mission House and Māngungu Mission.

Mangungu Mission House

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Mangungu Mission House is situated 1 km northwest of Mata Pa.

Māngungu Mission was the second mission station established in New Zealand by the Wesleyan Missionary Society. Located near Horeke, in the Hokianga Harbour, it was founded in 1828 by the missionaries John Hobbs and James Stack after the first WMS mission station in the country had been sacked the previous year. Māngungu Mission is situated 1 km northwest of Mata Pa.

Wairere Boulders

Wairere Boulders is a privately owned nature reserve and tourist attraction at Horeke in the south Hokianga region of Northland, New Zealand. The property contains geologically rare rock formations. Wairere Boulders is situated 2½ km southeast of Mata Pa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Horeke and Kohukohu.

Horeke

Horeke is a small isolated town on the shores of the Hokianga Harbour, in the North Island of New Zealand.

Kohukohu

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Kohukohu is a village on the Hokianga Harbour in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It was one of the first European settlements in New Zealand. Kohukohu is situated on the northern shore of the harbour where it splits into two rivers, the Mangamuka River branching inland to the northeast and the Waihou River leading towards the east past Mangungu, Horeke and Rangiahua.