Halletts Bay

Pākā Bay, formerly called Halletts Bay is a bay on the eastern shore of Lake Taupo, New Zealand. It was known as Hamaria, named after Samaria, during missionary times,[1] and before that Paka.[2] The early Māori explorer Tia built a tūāhu (ceremonial altar) to signify he occupied the land and named the cliffs Taupō-nui-a-Tia (the great cloak of Tia). This name was later given to the lake by the occupying tribes that followed.[3]

Following the passage of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa Claims Settlement Act 2018, the name of the bay was officially altered to Pākā Bay in March 2019.[4]

References
  1. "The Pouakani Report 1993: 2 Mana Whenua, Mana Tangata". Waitangi Tribunal.
  2. Hoeta Te Hata (translated by H. J. Fletcher) (1916). "Ngati-Tuharetoa occupation of Taupo-nui-a-tia". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 25 (99): 104–116.
  3. Martin Wikaira (March 2009). "Ngāti Tūwharetoa - The journeys of Ngātoroirangi and Tia". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
  4. "NZGB notices – March 2019". Land Information New Zealand. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.


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