In another beautifully refurbished old wooden building of Tauranga is Okorore: Nga Toi Maori. The faded plate on the front wall says “Faulkner House”. It is the former home of one of Tauranga’s early colonial traders John Lees Faulkner and his first wife Ruawahine Irihapeti If you have the opportunity to visit the house resited within the Tauranga Historic Village you can see and touch history while you view art.
https://www.theincubator.co.nz/okorore-nga-toi-maori
You can also find information online about the Faulkner Family and the history of their home Okorore. You’ll see one of the articles noted how John Lees Faulkner did not want his children to follow Maori custom or to speak te reo Maori. The wikitree article contains Faulkner’s obituary.
http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/tauranga_local_history/topics/show/1300-john-lees-faulkner-1807-1882
https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1f2/faulkner-john-lees
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Faulkner-793
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