Ranana
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Ranana is a settlement {{convert|60|km}} up the Whanganui River from Whanganui, New Zealand.
Originally known as Kauika, it grew after 1848 as local Māori moved out of fortified pā settlements in peacetime.{{Cite journal|url = http://nzarchaeology.org/cms/NZJA/Vol%2016%201994/NZJA16.123-168Walton.pdf|title = Settlement Patterns in the Whanganui River Valley, 1839–1864|last = Walton|first = A.|date = 1994|journal = New Zealand Journal of Archaeology|volume = 16|pages = 123–168}} It was renamed by the missionary Richard Taylor in 1856 for Rānana,{{Citation needed|reason=The citation at the end of the sentence does not state that Taylor renamed the site|date=August 2019}} a Māori transliteration of London.{{Cite web|title = Whanganui places: River Settlements|url = http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/whanganui-places/page-6|website = Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|access-date = 17 November 2015|language = en|first = Diana|last = Beaglehole|date = 20 March 2014}} The town's Catholic church, built in the 1880s for the hapū Ngāti Ruakā of the iwi Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, is still in use.{{Cite web|url = http://www.maorimaps.com/full_marae/r%01nana-ruak%01|title = Rānana (Ruakā)|access-date = 5 December 2015|website = Māori Maps}} Nearby is Moutoa Island, site of a famous battle in 1864.{{cite web|title=Moutoa Island - War in Whanganui|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/wanganui-war/moutoa-island|website=New Zealand History|publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage|access-date=18 November 2015|date=25 June 2014}}
Ngāti Ruakā and Ngāti Hine Korako have two traditional meeting grounds in Ranana: the Rānana or Ruakā Marae and Te Morehu meeting house, and Te Pou o Rongo Marae and Tūmanako meeting house.{{cite web|title=Te Kāhui Māngai directory|url= http://www.tkm.govt.nz/ |website=tkm.govt.nz|publisher=Te Puni Kōkiri}}{{cite web |title=Māori Maps |url=https://maorimaps.com/map |website=maorimaps.com |publisher=Te Potiki National Trust}}
Education
Te Wainui a Rua is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,{{cite web |title=Ministry of Education School Profile |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school/profile?school=559 |website=educationcounts.govt.nz |publisher=Ministry of Education}} with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|559|y}} as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|}}.{{cite web |title=Education Review Office Report |url=http://www.ero.govt.nz/report-view?id=559 |website=ero.govt.nz |publisher=Education Review Office}}
References
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Category:Populated places in Manawatū-Whanganui
Category:Settlements on the Whanganui River
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