Hingatu Marsh
Te Hingatu Marsh is General Manager (Kaiwhakahaere Matua) of Tapuika Iwi Authority and Managing Director of MAHINGA-HORT, a horticulture consultancy serving Māori organizations in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
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Jul 6, 2026
Justine MurrayHOST
As we've often found in Know My Town, this series, there was a much older name used for the area before Pākehā moved in.
Hingatu MarshGUEST
Before the establishment of the town in the sort of late 1800s, that area was known as Te Pōhue.
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Justine MurrayHOST
And while the green, gold and of course ruby red is doing well here and in overseas markets, Hingatu Marsh says it's no surprise given this whenua was a pātaka kai.
Hingatu MarshGUEST
Tapu Ika was renowned in Te Arawa as the food bowl, both from a pātaka sense, not only for mātaitai and kaimoana, but also for hua whenua.