Opape

{{Short description|Settlement in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2024}}

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Opape is a small coastal settlement in the Ōpōtiki District of the Bay of Plenty Region on New Zealand's North Island. It is {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of Omarumutu

Opape is the eastern end of the traditional territory of the Whakatōhea Māori iwi. When most of Whakatōhea's land was confiscated by the Crown in the 1860s, most of the iwi was crowded into the 20,300-acre Ōpape Native Reserve,{{cite encyclopedia |title=Te Whakatōhea – From European contact to today |first=Ranginui |last=Walker |url= https://teara.govt.nz/en/te-whakatohea/page-3 |encyclopedia=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |date=1 March 2017 |access-date=31 August 2023}}{{cite book |chapter=The Ōpape Native Reserve |title=Whakatōhea and Te Tāwharau o Te Whakatōhea and the Crown Deed of Settlement of Historical Claims |url= https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Whakatohea/Whakatohea-deed-of-settlement-historical-claims-23-Dec-2021.pdf |pages=35–37 |access-date=31 August 2023}} which included coastal Opape and inland hills.{{cite book |last=McLellan |first=John |date=2020 |title=Raupatu and Compensation in the North-Eastern Bay of Plenty 1865-1874 |url= https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/WT/wt_DOC_161320618/Wai%201750%2C%20A0003.pdf |publisher= |page=96 |access-date=31 August 2023}}