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Story: Tauranga Moana

Tauranga Harbour

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Tauranga Harbour

This photo shows the natural attributes of Tauranga Harbour. The Tauranga Moana tribes affirm their identity in the tribal saying: ‘Mauao is the mountain, Tauranga is the sea, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāti Pūkenga are the tribes.’

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Te Awanuiārangi Black, Tauranga Moana – From Gate Pā to the present, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/808/tauranga-harbour (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Te Awanuiārangi Black, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.