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Story: Ngāti Whātua

Poutō, Kaipara Harbour heads

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Poutō, Kaipara Harbour heads

Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi is the main canoe of Ngāti Whātua. Southern tribes say that the canoe landed in Kaipara Harbour and that the captain, Rongomai, was drowned on the northern side of the harbour entrance which is pictured here.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Ngāti Whātua – Origins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3865/pouto-kaipara-harbour-heads (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.