New Zealand - Huntly - Advertisement - Stop! Mr Motorist, we are here for your convenience. T. Furniss main street, Agents - Hudson Essex, Chevrolet and Morris Cars, Garage, Petrol, Car Dealer, Service Station, Big Tree Motor Oil - Circa 1928 - Unknown Photographer - Originally published in "Waikato New Zealand" (1928) #604497 Huntly - Originally settled by Maori, European migrants arrived in the area sometime in the 1850s. The Huntly name was adopted in the 1870s when the postmaster named it after Huntly, Aberdeenshire in Scotland. He used an old 'Huntley Lodge' stamp to stamp mail from the early European settlement. The Lodge was later dropped and the spelling changed to also drop the additional 'e'. - The railway from Auckland reached Huntly in 1877, when the Huntly railway station was opened. - Huntly and its surrounding area is steeped in Maori history and falls within the rohe (tribal area) of Waikato-Tainui of the Tainui waka confederation. Ngati Mahuta and Ngati Whawhakia are the subtribes in the Huntly area. - There are a number of marae in and around Huntly, affiliated with the Ngati Kuiaarangi, Ngati Mahuta, Ngati Tai and Ngati Whāwhākia Hapu: Kaitumutumu Marae and Ruateatea meeting house, Te Kauri Marae and Karaka meeting house, Te o�hākī Marae and Te o�hākī a Te Puea meeting house, and Waahi Pa and Tāne i te Pupuke meeting house. - Waahi Pa was the home of the late Maori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu and is still the home of her son, the Maori King Tuheitia Paki. - Horahora Marae and Maurea Marae are located north of Huntly at Rangiriri. - Huntly is home to Rakaumanga Kura which became one of the first bilingual schools (Maori/English) in New Zealand in 1984. Rakaumanga became a kura kaupapa (total immersion, Maori as its first language) in 1994 and is now known by the name Te Whare Kura o Rakaumangamanga. The school was first established as a native school in 1896. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntly,_New_Zealand) #huntly