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Story: Ngāti Kahungunu

Tamahau Mahupuku and the Hikurangi Brass Band

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Tamahau Mahupuku and the Hikurangi Brass Band

Tamahau Mahupuku was the host of the Māori parliament at Papawai , near Greytown in Wairarapa. He supported the brass band, which played to the thousands who visited the , and was renowned as a generous host.

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Mere Whaanga, Ngāti Kahungunu – European contact, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/581/tamahau-mahupuku-and-the-hikurangi-brass-band (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mere Whaanga, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.