List of historic places in Tauranga

Tauranga is a city and territorial authority in the Bay of Plenty Region of the North Island of New Zealand. The area around Tauranga Harbour was home to large Māori settlements during the precolonial era, while European presence began in the early 1830s as traders began settling its shores. It was the site of the British Tauranga campaign against the Māori in 1864, which resulted in the confiscation of Ngāi Te Rangi land and the establishment of a military settlement in the region. Increased European settlement came in the succeeding years, resulting in the founding of the town in 1873. It was incorporated as a borough in 1882 and a city in 1961.^[1]

Heritage New Zealand classifies sites on the New Zealand Heritage List / Rārangi Kōrero in accordance with the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014. It distinguishes between Category 1 ("places of special or outstanding historical or cultural significance") and Category 2 ("places of historic or cultural significance"). Sites containing a number of related significant places are listed as Historic Areas.^[2][3] Additionally, sites important to Māori communities are given special classifications, including wāhi tapu for sites of spiritual, traditional, or ritual importance; and wāhi tūpuna for sites of ancestral significance. Thirty sites in Tauranga are included on the New Zealand Heritage List, including three Category 1 sites and seventeen Category 2 sites.^[3]