Ngāti Te Wehi is a Māori iwi (tribe) based in Kawhia on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island.
Wesleyan Mission-Premises at Kawhia
Mission buildings and church at Raorao, about 1850
Plaque on the site of Raoraokauere mission station
Kawhia Harbour is one of three large natural inlets in the Tasman Sea coast of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located to the south of Raglan Harbour, Ruapuke and Aotea Harbour, 40 kilometres southwest of Hamilton. Kawhia is part of the Ōtorohanga District and is in the King Country. It has a high-tide area of 68 km2 (26 sq mi) and a low-tide area of 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi). Te Motu Island is located in the harbour.
The harbour with Tiritirimatangi Peninsula at centre
Waterfront at Kawhia pictured between 1908 and 1915. St Elmo boarding house in the foreground.
"Welcome to Kawhia" sign
265 ft (81 m) long Waiharakeke bridge, where Harbour Rd crosses an arm of the harbour, opened in 1909