WHAKATANE is a town in the eastern Bay of Plenty Region, in the North Island of New Zealand. Maori pa (Maori fortified village) sites in the area date back to the first Polynesian settlements, estimated to have been around 1200 AD. According to Maori tradition Toi-te-huatahi, later known as Toi-kai-rakau, landed at Whakatane about 1150 AD in search of his grandson Whatonga. Failing to find Whatonga, he settled in the locality and built a pa on the highest point of the headland now called Whakatane Heads, overlooking the present town.
Some 200 years later the Mataatua waka landed at Whakatane


the following list was taken from
Whakatane Burial Records

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ADAMS to BYRNE .. CAIN to DYSART

EAGLE to GUSH .. HAARE to JONS

KA to LYONS .. MAAKA to MYER

NAHAU to OXENHAM .. PAIGE to QUINN

RAE to RUSSELL .. SALMON to TYSSEN .. UPTON to YOUNG


UPTON Thomas Raymond - ?

VALENTINE Charles - 27-05-1948

VERCOE Lowry - 10-05-1943

VERCOMER Alice - 07-01-1945

VOSS Frederick George - 01-04-1941

VOWLES Jane - 29-04-1942

WADMORE James Christopher - 29-11-1938

WAIKATO William - 03-03-1945

WAIMANA Turipi - 08-08-1949

WALKER David - 06-11-1948
WALKER Elizabeth Annie - 19-05-1932
WALKER William Robertson - 27-02-1945

WALLACE George William - 01-11-1938

WALSH James - 19-09-1947
WALSH Peter Joseph - 16-01-1934

WALTERS Phoebe - 17-01-1946

WANNOP William J Augustus - 17-02-1941

WANO Mirihinia - 22-07-1948

WARBRICK Thomas - 05-04-1944
WARBRICK W P - ? (Wilred Pae 1949 ??)

WARD Henry Wallace - 05-05-1949

WARDLAW Baby - 05-05-1935
WARDLAW Dennis - 08-05-1945
WARDLAW Susan - 25-10-1942
WARDLAW Thomas (Tammy) - 11-07-1943

WARN Lola Marcia - 08-03-1929

WATARAWI Riki Samuel - 23-09-1944
WATARAWI Warito - 18-08-1947

WATEMAN Baby - 14-08-1953

WATKIN Peter - 12-07-1950

WATSON Marjorie Louise - 14-10-1950

WATTS Baby - 08-10-1938
WATTS Baby - 12-12-1942
WATTS William - 11-10-1948

WAUGH Arthur Eley - 29-07-1934

WEBB Frank - 03-06-1939
WEBB Frederick William - 17-07-1947

WEBSTER Theresa - 25-06-1947

WEST Edna Alethea - 01-01-1946
WEST John Noel - 02-03-1941

WHALLEY Baby - 25-08-1950
WHALLEY Barry John - 30-05-1952
WHALLEY Kathleen Mary - 31-08-1939

WHARETURA Morea - 15-05-1951

WHAREWERA Baby -27-06-1949
WHAREWERA Ema Patara - 03-12-1945
WHAREWERA Jake Hakatoa - 12-07-1946

WHEATLEY Kiri - 11-01-1949

WHEELOCK Charlotte Ruby - 14-03-1952
WHEELOCK Herbert - 31-12-1942

WHELAN Elizabeth - 28-08-1934

WHETU Kingi Te - 27-08-1945

WHITE Augusta Mary - 21-04-1946
WHITE Charles Harold - 02-05-1949
WHITE Flora Grace - 27-07-1948
WHITE Koheriki - 08-09-1952
WHITE Robert Heaton - 27-05-1952
WHITE William Osborne Rawlings - 27-02-1942

WHITESIDE George Samuel - 04-07-1942
WHITESIDE Mary Hannah - 09-04-1931

WHITTAKER James - 15-07-1949

WHITTLE John Thomas - 21-11-1936
WHITTLE Joseph - 11-04-1942

WHYTE Archibald - 22-05-1932
WHYTE Tomas Murray - 11-10-1952
WHYTE William Gordon - 26-07-1931

WICKHAM Elaine Nancy - 09-03-1943

WIGGINS Arthur - 13-01-1940

WILD Charles William - 23-01-1942

WILKINS Baby - 19-06-1936

WILLIAMS Baby - 04-06-1948
WILLIAMS Catherine Mary - 11-10-1942
WILLIAMS Frank Thomas - 01-11-1944
WILLIAMS Hira - 02-04-1951

WILSON Baby - ?
WILSON Baby - 12-12-1947
WILSON Carrie - 25-03-1939
WILSON Dave - 28-04-1951
WILSON Florence Miriam - 30-12-1928
WILSON Hubert Julian - 08-11-1937
WILSON Irene Elsie - 23-01-1932
WILSON Margaret Sinclair - 24-08-1951
WILSON Marion - 05-08-1942
WILSON Robert - 19-01-1948
WILSON Stewart McDonald - 11-07-1937
WILSON William - 29-12-1945

WINDLEY Baby - 03-06-1946

WINTER Nellie Matua - 18-07-1947

WITHY Harold - 17-01-1946

WOISIN Mariana - 25-01-1940

WOOD William Storey - 16-07-1938

WOODBURY Allen - 01-05-1949

WOODERSON Dawn - 07-09-1931

WOODS Thomas Walter - 30-04-1941

WOODWARD Eva - ?

WOOLIAMS Henrietta - 28-10-1946

WRAY Bruce Arthur - 05-11-1944

WYATT Ian - 09-08-1951

WYLDE Arthur Paxton - 22-12-1938
WYLDE Christiana - 26-08-1940

YATES Gilbert - 16-06-1946

YEOMAN Frank Cyril - 15-09-1940
YEOMAN Mary - 01-08-1947

YOUNG Charles Edward - 17-01-1944
YOUNG John William - 28-01-1942
YOUNG Thomas - 19-03-1951