altered to JacksonBay / Okahu. JacksonBay and the mouth of the Arawhata River was home to a Māori settlement for hundreds of years. Māori harvested fish
Urewera in 1978, and the MāoriLanguage Commission was formed when Māorilanguage became an official language in 1987. However, Māori culture continued to
Māori Australians (Māori: ngā tangata Māori i Ahitereiria) are Australians of Māori heritage. The Māori presence in Australia dates back to the 19th century
William Wakatere Jackson (born 1961) is a New Zealand politician and former unionist, broadcaster and Urban Māori leader. He was a Member of Parliament