this is for a geo assessment btw
Originally Kaitaia was a Maori village reached by canoe from Rangaunu Harbour via the Awanui River. In 1833 W. G. Puckey, a lay worker of the Church Missionary Society at the Bay of Islands, established a mission station there. The Anglican Church of St. Saviour's was built in 1843. The timber and kauri gum industries and the good farming land around Kaitaia, combined with the port facilities at Awanui, resulted in the gradual establishment of Kaitaia as the centre for the district. In 1922 Kaitaia became a town district, and on 1 September was constituted a borough.
Originally Kaitaia was a Maori village reached by canoe from Rangaunu Harbour via the Awanui River. In 1833 W. G. Puckey, a lay worker of the Church Missionary Society at the Bay of Islands, established a mission station there. The Anglican Church of St. Saviour's was built in 1843. The timber and kauri gum industries and the good farming land around Kaitaia, combined with the port facilities at Awanui, resulted in the gradual establishment of Kaitaia as the centre for the district. In 1922 Kaitaia became a town district, and on 1 September was constituted a borough.