Raukokore
Sign in to saveRaukokore is a small settlement close to the East Cape in the northeastern North Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 35, close to the mouth of the Raukokore River, 40 kilometres to the west of Hicks Bay.
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<!-- for references: use The church was designed and built by Duncan Stirling in 1894. Stirling married local Raukokore chief Mihi Kōtukutuku in the church in 1896. The church is listed as a Category 1 Historic Place by Heritage New Zealand.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Raukokore” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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