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Te Heuheu whakapapa

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Te Heuheu whakapapa

Tūwharetoa St, Tamamutu St and Heuheu St in the town of Taupō acknowledge names of the paramount chiefs of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, the tribe of the Taupō region.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Place names – Māori and Pākehā names, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/whakapapa/19359/te-heuheu-whakapapa (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 1 March 2009.