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Story: Ngāti Maniapoto

Mōkau

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Mōkau

The Tainui canoe was said to have sheltered near the mouth of the Mōkau River, where many people disembarked. Later the canoe was buried at Te Ahurei in Kāwhia Harbour.

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Tūhuatahi Tui Adams and Paul Meredith, Ngāti Maniapoto – Lineage, lands and settlements, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3937/mokau (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Tūhuatahi Tui Adams and Paul Meredith, published 4 March 2009, updated 22 March 2017.

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30 January 2015
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