Titirangi (hill)

Titirangi is a hill in Gisborne city, New Zealand.^[1] It is also known as Kaiti Hill, but this refers to the first ridge overlooking Poverty Bay and Gisborne.^[2] The hill is an ancestral site of the Ngāti Oneone hapū (sub-tribe) in Gisborne. It is at the base of this hill that Captain James Cook came ashore, after first sighting New Zealand in October 1769.

The 33 ha Titirangi Reserve is a tourist attraction; the hill has a Cook monument, a pōhutukawa tree planted by Diana, Princess of Wales, the James Cook Observatory, a fitness course, a park, and four lookouts over Gisborne city and Poverty Bay. Other features include a World War II gun emplacement, a summit track and nature trails.^[2] At the base of the hill is the marae Te Poho-o-Rawiri, the home of Ngāti Oneone, which was built by Master-carver, Pine Taiapa.^{[citation needed]}