Te Mahoe
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Te Mahoe is a rural settlement in the Whakatāne District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island, next to Lake Matahina.
The community consists of about 150 people,{{cite news |last1=Fraser |first1=Cleo |title=Man accused of Bay of Plenty murder dead toddler's father |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/07/man-accused-of-bay-of-plenty-murder-dead-toddler-s-father.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711091558/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/07/man-accused-of-bay-of-plenty-murder-dead-toddler-s-father.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2018 |agency=Newshub |publisher=MediaWorks New Zealand |date=11 July 2018}} including 30 families in the village at the base of the Lake Matahina Dam.{{cite news |last1=Arthur-Worsop |first1=Stephanie |title=Name suppression lapses for man charged with 2-year-old Arnica Savage's murder |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12087063 |agency=Rotorua Daily Post |publisher=New Zealand Media and Entertainment |date=11 July 2018}} Locals describe the community has close-knit and centred around the local school.{{cite news |last1=Shand |first1=Matt |title=Not guilty plea over death of toddler found in Rangitaiki River |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/105219051/arnica-savage-murder-accused-pleads-not-guilty-in-high-court |agency=Waikato Times |publisher=Stuff |date=4 July 2018}}
History
=Hone Tuwhare=
Poet Hone Tuwhare lived in Te Mahoe during the 1950s and 1960s with his wife, writer Jean McCormack, and their three sons.{{cite news |last1=Hunt |first1=Janet |title=Haere ra, Jean McCormack |url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2020/04/29/1148072/haere-ra-jean-mccormack |publisher=newsroom.co.nz |date=29 April 2020}} He worked as a boiler-maker on the construction of the Matahina hydroelectric dam.{{cite web |title=The poet and boilermaker |url=https://www.whakatanemuseum.org.nz/exhibitions-and-events/whakatane-museum-blog/poet-and-boilermaker |website=whakatanemuseum.org.nz |publisher=Whakatane Museum}}
In 1962, the Whakatane Beacon newspaper published one of Tuwhare's poems. It began:
::Up at the dam site, at Te Mahoe,
among the clatter of pneumatic drills,
the settling dust and the raw earth,
a man is writing poetry.
His first book was published two years later, in 1964, to immediate critical acclaim.{{cite news |last1=Heine |first1=Conrad |title=Hone Tuwhare: Maori poet whose 'No Ordinary Sun' catapulted him to celebrity |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hone-tuwhare-maori-poet-whose-no-ordinary-sun-catapulted-him-to-celebrity-771415.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hone-tuwhare-maori-poet-whose-no-ordinary-sun-catapulted-him-to-celebrity-771415.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |agency=The Independent |date=21 January 2008}}
=Cyclone Cook=
The area was affected by Cyclone Cook in April 2017. The school was closed for several days.{{cite news |title=Schools and early childhood education centres remain closed |url=https://www.teaomaori.news/schools-and-early-childhood-education-centres-remain-closed |agency=Te Kaea |publisher=Māori Television |date=13 April 2017}} A boil water notice was issued for residents due to sediment from floodwaters contaminating water supplies.{{cite news |title=Live: Cyclone Cook strikes NZ – Storm makes landfall, tracks down east coast |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11837255 |agency=The New Zealand Herald |publisher=New Zealand Media and Entertainment |date=13 April 2017}}
Education
Te Mahoe School 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=2009 |website=educationcounts.govt.nz |publisher=Ministry of Education}} with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|2009|y}} as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|}}.{{cite web |title=Education Review Office Report |url=http://www.ero.govt.nz/report-view?id=2009 |website=ero.govt.nz |publisher=Education Review Office}}
References
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