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Tolaga Bay wharf

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Tolaga Bay wharf

The Tolaga Bay wharf was built in the Ngāti Porou area to assist the export of local produce grown by both Māori and Pākehā farmers.

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Tamati Muturangi Reedy, Ngāti Porou – New leaders, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/662/tolaga-bay-wharf (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Tamati Muturangi Reedy, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.

Comments

Wai
29 June 2011
The Tolaga Bay Wharf is not: "in the Ngāti Porou area" It is in the iwi rohe of TE AITANGA-A-HAUITI.