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Story: Ngāti Kahungunu

Kahungunu's journey south to Te Māhia

Kahungunu's journey south to Te Māhia

After he left Kaitāia in the the far north, Kahungunu travelled down the east coast of the North Island, before finally settling on the Māhia Peninsula. Marked in red on this map are the places where he married and had children.

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Mere Whaanga, Ngāti Kahungunu – Kahungunu the man, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/map/570/kahungunus-journey-south-to-te-mahia (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mere Whaanga, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.

Comments

Wayne Morris
09 August 2015
Ko Maungahaumi te Maunga Ko Waipaoa te Awa Ko Takitimu te Waka Ko Te Aitanga A Mahaki te Iwi Ko Ngati Wahia raua ko Te Whanau A Taupara nga Hapu Ko Takipu te Marae Ko Pikihoro te Wharenui Ko Te Karaka te Rohe According to my source of information, Mahaki was the Grandson of Kahungunu. Mahaki established a pa at Whakarau, near the Waikohu and Waihuka Rivers. These two rivers are included in the list of the many tributaries that flow into the Waipaoa River.