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'''Hexton''' is a village and rural area in the [[Gisborne District]] of New Zealand's [[North Island]]. It is located north-west of Gisborne City,<ref name="hariss"></ref> and includes the settlements of Makauri and Waerengaahika.<ref name="makauri"></ref><ref name="waerengaahika"></ref>
The Hexton area has two [[marae]], belonging to its traditional inhabitants, [[Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki]]. Parihimanihi Marae and Te Poho o Māhaki meeting house is a meeting place of the [[hapū]] of [[Ngāi Tūketenui]] and [[Ngāti Wahia]]. Tarere Marae and Te Aotipu meeting house is a meeting place of the hapū of [[Te Whānau a Iwi]].<ref name="tkmentry"></ref><ref name="maorimaps"></ref>
The fertile plain east of the [[Waipaoa River]] was settled by the 19th century by families of [[Hampshire]] in southern England, with assistance from the [[New Zealand Government]]. The de Latour family named the area after their English village of [[Hexton]].<ref name="nzhistory"></ref>
The Chitty Family began growing wine in the area during the 1930s and 1940s, becoming one of three dominant families in Gisborne's early wine industry.<ref name="winehistory"></ref>
==References==
[[Category:Populated places in the Gisborne District]]
The Hexton area has two [[marae]], belonging to its traditional inhabitants, [[Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki]]. Parihimanihi Marae and Te Poho o Māhaki meeting house is a meeting place of the [[hapū]] of [[Ngāi Tūketenui]] and [[Ngāti Wahia]]. Tarere Marae and Te Aotipu meeting house is a meeting place of the hapū of [[Te Whānau a Iwi]].<ref name="tkmentry"></ref><ref name="maorimaps"></ref>
The fertile plain east of the [[Waipaoa River]] was settled by the 19th century by families of [[Hampshire]] in southern England, with assistance from the [[New Zealand Government]]. The de Latour family named the area after their English village of [[Hexton]].<ref name="nzhistory"></ref>
The Chitty Family began growing wine in the area during the 1930s and 1940s, becoming one of three dominant families in Gisborne's early wine industry.<ref name="winehistory"></ref>
==References==
[[Category:Populated places in the Gisborne District]]
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