page_title: Te Teko
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Te Teko / History and culture / History
caption_attribution_description: English: One-way bridge over the Rangitaiki River at Te Teko, Whakatane District. There is a house on the other side of the river with verandahs around two sides. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1920s.
context_page_description: Te Teko is a small inland town in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. According to the 2013 New Zealand census, Te Teko has a population of 489, a decrease of 138 people since the 2006 census.
  The township includes a racecourse, golf course, police station, and a primary school. The primary school was established in 1881.
  Te Hoko is in the rohe of the Ngāti Awa iwi.
context_section_description: In the mid-1860s, Te Teko was the site of a significant siege on a Māori pā as part of the East Cape War.
  After peace came to the region, a hotel was established on the banks of the Rangitaiki River in 1879 and Te Teko rose in importance as a boat service was established to ferry hotel customers and travellers across the river.  A bridge made the boat service redundant in 1915.
caption: Rangitaiki River bridge at Te Teko, ca. 1920s
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