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Te Kooti’s lookout

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Te Kooti’s lookout

Māori resistance leader Te Kooti sheltered in the upper Mōhaka area in 1871–72. He spent time on the Tataraakina peak at the junction of the Te Hoe and Mōhaka rivers (pictured above), which is also known as ‘Te Kooti’s Lookout’.

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Kerryn Pollock, Hawke’s Bay places – North of Napier, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24299/te-kootis-lookout (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 19 August 2009, updated 30 November 2015.