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Ngātokimatawhaorua

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<em>Ngātokimatawhaorua</em>

Ngātokimatawhaorua is housed at the Treaty Grounds, Waitangi. It is named after the original Ngātokimatawhaorua, which was re-adzed from Kupe’s canoe, the Matawhaorua.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration – Northern explorers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14134/ngatokimatawhaorua (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 1 March 2009.