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Story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration

Kaimai Range

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Kaimai Range

In one tradition, Te Arawa explorer Kahumatamomoe climbed the highest point on the Kaimai Range, naming it Te Muri-aroha-o-Kahu, te aroha-tai, te aroha-uta (the love of Kahu for those on the coasts and those on the land). This has been shortened to Te Aroha.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration – Te Arawa explorers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14144/kaimai-range (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 1 March 2009.