Judea, New Zealand
Judea is a suburb of Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on State Highway 2, east of Bethlehem.
Judea | |
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Suburb | |
| Coordinates: 37.697°S 176.134°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Tauranga |
| Local authority | Tauranga City Council |
| Electoral ward | Bethlehem General Ward |
| Area | |
| • Land | 260 ha (640 acres) |
| Population (June 2023) | |
| • Total | 5,120 |
| Bellevue | Brookfield | (Waikareao Estuary) |
| Bethlehem |
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| Gate Pa | Tauranga South |
The suburb was established as a European fortified settlement in 1864, as part of an offensive against local Māori during the New Zealand Wars. India Rebout, later as the Judea Redoubt and Huria Redoubt, was one of three fortified European forts in Tauranga.
The local Huria Marae and Tamatea Pokaiwhenua meeting house is a tribal meeting place of the Ngāti Ranginui hapū of Ngāi Tamarawaho.
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