Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti

Diocese of Te Tairāwhiti

Māori: Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti
Arms of Te Tairāwhiti
Incumbent:
Donald Tamihere
StyleThe Right Reverend
Location
CountryNew Zealand
TerritoryEast Coast, North Island
Ecclesiastical provinceAotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
HeadquartersGisborne
Coordinates38°42′S 178°00′E / 38.7°S 178°E / -38.7; 178
Statistics
Population
- Total		(as of 2013[1])
17,000
Parishes30 (as of 2016)
Information
DenominationAnglican
LanguageMāori, English
Current leadership
Parent churchAnglican Communion
Major Archbishop
PīhopaDonald Tamihere
Website
tairawhiti.org.nz

Te Pihopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti is an episcopal polity or diocese of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Literally, the diocese is the Anglican bishopric of the East Coast, in Tairāwhiti, of the North Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand; also known as the synod (or in Māori: Te Hui Amorangi).[2][3]

The Pīhopatanga serves communities from Potaka in the north, to Woodville in the south.[4] In general this covers the Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu and the Turanga-nui-a-kiwa iwi. According to the 2013 census, there are approximately 17,000 Māori Anglicans within this area.[1] Te Tairāwhiti is one of five pīhopatanga, or episcopal units, that comprise Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa, the Māori Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand.[3][5]

The current Pīhopa o (Bishop of) Te Tairāwhiti is Donald Tamihere.[6]

Ministry

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There are five rohe (ministry units) within Te Tairāwhiti:[7]

Area Priest (Minita-a-Rohe)
Ngāti Porou
Turanga-Whangara Rev. Jimmy Green
Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa
Matau a Maui Ven. Numia Tomoana
Waipawa

Parishes

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Te Tairāwhiti has around 30 parishes (pariha) spread across four rohe.[7]

Parish Area Rohe
Te Rau College Gisborne Turanga-Whangara
St David's Church, Kaiti Gisborne Turanga-Whangara
Nikora Tapu Wainui Beach, Gisborne Turanga-Whangara
Toko Toru Tapu (Kaiti) Gisborne Turanga-Whangara
Toko Toru Tapu (Manutuke) Manutuke Turanga-Whangara
Mihaia Anglican Church Tolaga Bay Turanga-Whangara
Patoromu Church Whangara Turanga-Whangara
St Peter's Church, Waiherere Hexton, Gisborne Turanga-Whangara
Te Hunga Tapu Katoa Muriwai Turanga-Whangara
St Mary's Church Tokomaru Bay Ngāti Porou
St Abraham's Church Waipiro Bay Ngāti Porou
St Barnabas Church Hicks Bay Ngāti Porou
St Stephen's Church Te Araroa Ngāti Porou
Pokai Whare, Tikapa Ruatoria Ngāti Porou
St Paul's Church Ruatoria Ngāti Porou
St Michael's & All Angels Church Ruatoria Ngāti Porou
Kariaka Marae Ruatoria Ngāti Porou
St Andrew's Church Ruatoria Ngāti Porou
St Mary's Church Tikitiki Ngāti Porou
St John's Church Tikitiki Ngāti Porou
Tawhiti A Maru Marae Wairoa Kahungunu Ki Te Wairoa
St Paul's Anglican Church Wairoa Kahungunu Ki Te Wairoa
Nūhaka Māori Anglican Church Nūhaka Kahungunu Ki Te Wairoa
Putahi Marae Frasertown Kahungunu Ki Te Wairoa
St John's Church Omahu Te Matau a Maui
St Luke's Church Paki Paki Te Matau a Maui
St Matthew's Church Waipatu Te Matau a Maui
Kohupatiki Marae Clive Te Matau a Maui
Te Pou Herenga Waka o Te Whakapono Napier, New Zealand Te Matau a Maui

The Pīhopatanga is also home to two Māori Anglican boarding schools, Te Aute College and Hukarere Girls' College.[8]

Leadership

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Archbishop Brown Turei was elected as the first Pīhopa o Te Tairāwhiti (Bishop of Te Tairāwhiti) in 1992. Turei was also Te Pīhopa o Aotearoa (Head of the Māori Anglican Church) and Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa-New Zealand and Polynesia.[5] Turei died on 9 January 2017, two months before his scheduled retirement.[9][10] He was aged 92 years and the oldest primate in the Anglican Communion.[11]

In March 2016 Donald Tamihere was elected to succeed Turei at an electoral synod held at the Toko Toru Tapu Church, Manutuke, following the announcement of Turei's retirement earlier in the year.[12] Tamihere was ordained and installed as the second bishop of (Pīhopa o) Te Tairāwhiti at a service held at Waiomatatini Marae, Ruatoria on 11 March 2017.[13][14] Tamihere also became Te Pīhopa o Aotearoa on 7 March 2018, following his nomination at Te Runanganui, September 2017 and the consent of Te Hīnota Whānui / General Synod; and automatically Pīhopa Matāmua / Primate and Archbishop.[15]

Maui Tangohau serves as Vicar General of Tairāwhiti.[6]

Canon Emeritus

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  • The Reverend Canon Huatahi Niania
  • The Reverend Canon Keeni Priestley
  • The Reverend Canon Brent Swann
  • The Reverend Canon Tiopira Tuhiwai
  • The Reverend Canon Jacqueline Moana Te Amo
  • The Reverend Canon Morehu Te Maro[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Murray, Justine (16 April 2017). "'Whakapono [religion] is part of our DNA'". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Ko Wai Matau". Te Pihopatanga o Te Tairawhiti. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Our Structure". Te Pihopatanga o Te Tairawhiti. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Welcome". Hui Amorangi ki Te Tairawhiti. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  5. ^ a b "A New Leader for the Maori Church". Scoop. 7 March 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti". Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Our Pariha". Hui Amorangi ki Te Tairawhiti. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  8. ^ "About Us". Hui Amorangi ki Te Tairawhiti. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Maori Archbishop to retire in March 2017". Anglican Communion News Service. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Archbishop Brown Turei dies at 92". Anglican Communion News Service. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Archbishop Brown Turei laid to rest overlooking New Zealand's Whangaparao Bay". Anglican Communion News Service. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  12. ^ Peters, Mark (23 December 2016). "From 'Coastie kid' to bishop". Gisborne Herald. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Bishop Donald Tamihere installed as new bishop for Te Tairāwhiti". Te Karere. TVNZ. 12 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Ordination of the new Bishop of Tairawhiti". Te Pihopatanga o Te Tairawhiti. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Anglican Taonga : New Zealand's Anglican News Leader".
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