# Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti

Te Pihopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti is an episcopal polity or diocese of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Literally, the diocese is the Anglican bishopric of the East Coast, in Tairāwhiti, of the North Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand; also known as the synod (or in Māori: Te Hui Amorangi).
The Pīhopatanga serves communities from Potaka in the north, to Woodville in the south. In general this covers the Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu and the Turanga-nui-a-kiwa iwi. According to the 2013 census, there are approximately 17,000 Māori Anglicans within this area. Te Tairāwhiti is one of five pīhopatanga, or episcopal units, that comprise Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa, the Māori Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
The current Pīhopa o (Bishop of) Te Tairāwhiti is Donald Tamihere.

## Ministry

There are five rohe (ministry units) within Te Tairāwhiti:
| Area | Priest (Minita-a-Rohe) |
| Ngāti Porou | |
| Turanga-Whangara | Rev. Jimmy Green |
| Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa | |
| Matau a Maui | Ven. Numia Tomoana |
| Waipawa | |

### Parishes

Te Tairāwhiti has around 30 parishes (pariha) spread across four rohe.
| Parish | Area | Rohe |
| Te Rau College | Gisborne | Turanga-Whangara |
| St David's Church, Kaiti | Gisborne | Turanga-Whangara |
| Nikora Tapu | Wainui Beach, Gisborne | Turanga-Whangara |
| Toko Toru Tapu (Kaiti) | Gisborne | Turanga-Whangara |
| Toko Toru Tapu (Manutuke) | Manutuke | Turanga-Whangara |
| Mihaia Anglican Church | Tolaga Bay | Turanga-Whangara |
| Patoromu Church | Whangara | Turanga-Whangara |
| St Peter's Church, Waiherere | Hexton, Gisborne | Turanga-Whangara |
| Te Hunga Tapu Katoa | Muriwai | Turanga-Whangara |
| St Mary's Church | Tokomaru Bay | Ngāti Porou |
| St Abraham's Church | Waipiro Bay | Ngāti Porou |
| St Barnabas Church | Hicks Bay | Ngāti Porou |
| St Stephen's Church | Te Araroa | Ngāti Porou |
| Pokai Whare, Tikapa | Ruatoria | Ngāti Porou |
| St Paul's Church | Ruatoria | Ngāti Porou |
| St Michael's & All Angels Church | Ruatoria | Ngāti Porou |
| Kariaka Marae | Ruatoria | Ngāti Porou |
| St Andrew's Church | Ruatoria | Ngāti Porou |
| St Mary's Church | Tikitiki | Ngāti Porou |
| St John's Church | Tikitiki | Ngāti Porou |
| Tawhiti A Maru Marae | Wairoa | Kahungunu Ki Te Wairoa |
| St Paul's Anglican Church | Wairoa | Kahungunu Ki Te Wairoa |
| Nūhaka Māori Anglican Church | Nūhaka | Kahungunu Ki Te Wairoa |
| Putahi Marae | Frasertown | Kahungunu Ki Te Wairoa |
| St John's Church | Omahu | Te Matau a Maui |
| St Luke's Church | Paki Paki | Te Matau a Maui |
| St Matthew's Church | Waipatu | Te Matau a Maui |
| Kohupatiki Marae | Clive | Te Matau a Maui |
| Te Pou Herenga Waka o Te Whakapono | Napier, New Zealand | Te Matau a Maui |
The Pīhopatanga is also home to two Māori Anglican boarding schools, Te Aute College and Hukarere Girls' College.

## Leadership

Archbishop Brown Turei was elected as the first Pīhopa o Te Tairāwhiti (Bishop of Te Tairāwhiti) in 1992. Turei was also Te Pīhopa o Aotearoa (Head of the Māori Anglican Church) and Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa-New Zealand and Polynesia. Turei died on 9 January 2017, two months before his scheduled retirement. He was aged 92 years and the oldest primate in the Anglican Communion.
In March 2016 Donald Tamihere was elected to succeed Turei at an electoral synod held at the Toko Toru Tapu Church, Manutuke, following the announcement of Turei's retirement earlier in the year. Tamihere was ordained and installed as the second bishop of (Pīhopa o) Te Tairāwhiti at a service held at Waiomatatini Marae, Ruatoria on 11 March 2017. Tamihere also became Te Pīhopa o Aotearoa on 7 March 2018, following his nomination at Te Runanganui, September 2017 and the consent of Te Hīnota Whānui / General Synod; and automatically Pīhopa Matāmua / Primate and Archbishop.
Maui Tangohau serves as Vicar General of Tairāwhiti.

### Canon Emeritus

* The Reverend Canon Huatahi Niania
* The Reverend Canon Keeni Priestley
* The Reverend Canon Brent Swann
* The Reverend Canon Tiopira Tuhiwai
* The Reverend Canon Jacqueline Moana Te Amo
* The Reverend Canon Morehu Te Maro