- Waima, Northland
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North Island
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Hokianga area of Northland,New Zealand . State Highway 12 runs through the area. The Waima River flows through the Waima Valley into the Hokianga Harbour.Rawene is to the north west, andKaikohe is to the north east. [cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas|year=2004|id=ISBN 0-7900-0952-8|author=Peter Dowling (editor)|publisher=Reed Books|pages=map 7] [cite book|title=The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand|year=2005|id=ISBN 1-877333-20-4|author=Roger Smith, GeographX|publisher=Robbie Burton|pages=map 22-23]History
In 1810, an encounter at Waima during the
Musket Wars resulted in the death of theNgā Puhi chiefTe Tauroto . [cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/P/PomareIiWhetoi/PomareIiWhetoi/en|title=POMARE II, Whetoi|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of New Zealand (1966) ] [cite book|url=http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-SmiMaor-t1-body-d4.html#n51|title=Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century|last=Smith|first=Stephenson Percy|pages=p 51|year=1910]Te Whareumu was killed and Muriwai mortally wounded in a skirmish in March 1828. [cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/M/Muriwai/Muriwai/en|title=Muriwai|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of New Zealand (1966) ]Waima was the site of a Wesleyan mission in the mid 19th century. [cite book|title=The Penguin History of New Zealand|author=
Michael King |year=2003|id=ISBN 0-14-301867-1|pages=p 145|edition=7th edition] In the 1870s timber milling commenced in the area. [cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/H/HokiangaAndHarbour/HokiangaAndHarbour/en|title=Hokianga and Harbour|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of New Zealand (1966) ]In 1898, people of Waima refused to pay a tax on dogs, and marched on Rawene in the
Dog Tax War . [cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/Places/Northland/Northland/12/en|title=Northland - Government|encyclopedia=Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand ]Notable people
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William Satchell , novelist and poet. [cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/S/SatchellWilliam/SatchellWilliam/en|title=SATCHELL, William|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of New Zealand (1966) ]Education
Waima School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a decile rating of 4 and a roll of 62. [cite web|url=http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=1122|title=Te Kete Ipurangi - Waima School|publisher=Ministry of Education] The school was founded in 1881. [cite web|url=http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/notices.php?action=view&id=603826|title=Waima School 125th Jubilee|publisher=Education Gazette New Zealand|date=19 June 2006 ] During the Dog Tax War of 1898, the government army of 120 men set up camp at Waima School.Notes
External links
*wikitravel|Waima Valley
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