Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti

Diocese of Te Tairāwhiti
Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti
Coat of arms
Location
Territory East Coast, New Zealand
Ecclesiastical province The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Headquarters Gisborne
Statistics
Parishes 30
Information
Denomination Anglican
Established 1834
Language Maori, English
Current leadership
Parent church Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Bishop Donald Steven Tamihere
Website
tairawhiti.org.nz

Te Pihopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti (the bishopric of the east coast; aka Te Hui Amorangi..., lit. the synod...) is an Episcopal polity (or Diocese) of Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia in Tairāwhiti.[1][2]

The Pīhopatanga serves communities on the East Coast of New Zealand's North Island – from Potaka in the North, to Woodville in the South.[3] 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.[4]

The current Pīhopa o (Bishop of) Te Tairāwhiti is Donald Tamihere.[5]

Ministry

Te Tairāwhiti is one of five Episcopal Units that comprise Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa.[2][6]

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

AreaPriest (Minita-a-Rohe)
Ngāti PorouRev Canon Morehu Te Maro
Turanga-Whangara
Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa
Matau a MauiRev Canon Numia Tomoana
WaipawaVen John Flavell

Parishes

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

ParishAreaRohe
Te Rau CollegeGisborneTuranga-Whangara
St David's Church, KaitiGisborneTuranga-Whangara
Nikora TapuWainui Beach, GisborneTuranga-Whangara
Toko Toru Tapu (Kaiti)GisborneTuranga-Whangara
Toko Toru Tapu (Manutuke)ManutukeTuranga-Whangara
Mihaia Anglican ChurchTolaga BayTuranga-Whangara
Patoromu ChurchWhangaraTuranga-Whangara
St Peter's Church, WaiherereHexton, GisborneTuranga-Whangara
Te Hunga Tapu KatoaMuriwaiTuranga-Whangara
St Mary's ChurchTokomaru BayNgāti Porou
St Abraham's ChurchWaipiro BayNgāti Porou
St Barnabas ChurchHicks BayNgāti Porou
St Stephen's ChurchTe AraroaNgāti Porou
Pokai Whare, TikapaRuatoriaNgāti Porou
St Paul's ChurchRuatoriaNgāti Porou
St Michael's & All Angels ChurchRuatoriaNgāti Porou
Kariaka MaraeRuatoriaNgāti Porou
St Andrew's ChurchRuatoriaNgāti Porou
St Mary's ChurchTikitikiNgāti Porou
St John's ChurchTikitikiNgāti Porou
Tawhiti A Maru MaraeWairoaKahungunu Ki Te Wairoa
St Paul's Anglican ChurchWairoaKahungunu Ki Te Wairoa
Nuhaka Maori Anglican ChurchNuhakaKahungunu Ki Te Wairoa
Putahi MaraeFrasertownKahungunu Ki Te Wairoa
St John's ChurchOmahuTe Matau a Maui
St Luke's ChurchPaki PakiTe Matau a Maui
St Matthew's ChurchWaipatuTe Matau a Maui
Kohupatiki MaraeCliveTe Matau a Maui
Te Pou Herenga Waka o Te WhakaponoNapier, New ZealandTe Matau a Maui

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

Leadership

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.[6] Turei had planned to retire as bishop in March 2017 but he died on January 9, 2017.[9][10] At 92, Brown was 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 March 11, 2017.[13][14]

Maui Tangohau serves as Vicar General of Tairāwhiti.[5]

Canon Emeritus

  • 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[5]
Religious titles
Preceded by
William Brown Turei

1992 - 2017

 Donald Steven Tamihere

Pīhopa o (Bishop of) Te Tairāwhiti
2017–present

Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

  1. ↑ "Ko Wai Matau". Te Pihopatanga o Te Tairawhiti. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Our Structure". Te Pihopatanga o Te Tairawhiti. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Welcome". Hui Amorangi ki Te Tairawhiti. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Justine Murray (16 April 2017). "'Whakapono [religion] is part of our DNA'". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti". Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  6. 1 2 "A New Leader for the Maori Church". Scoop. 7 March 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  7. 1 2 "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. August 23, 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Archbishop Brown Turei dies at 92". Anglican Communion News Service. January 10, 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. ↑ Mark Peters (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. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "Ordination of the new Bishop of Tairawhiti". Te Pihopatanga o Te Tairawhiti. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

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