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Paruroa (Great Muddy Creek)

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Paruroa

Te Wai-o-Hua was the dominant tribe in Tāmaki until 1741. At this time an invasion of Ngāti Whātua from the north saw the great chief Kiwi Tāmaki killed in battle here at Paruroa, Great Muddy Creek, beside the Manukau and to the west of Te Whau.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Tāmaki tribes – The tribes of Tāmaki, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3922/paruroa-great-muddy-creek (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 4 March 2009, updated 22 March 2017.