Ngāti Tūwharetoa had an important settlement at Waitahanui, near where the Tongariro River enters Lake Taupō (not to be confused with the Waitahanui Stream, closer to Taupō town). Later, the paramount chief Mananui Te Heuheu moved to Te Rapa, above Waihī. George French Angas painted the Waitahanui pā about 1847, by which time it was referred to as the ‘old pā’.
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PUBL-0014-18
Watercolour by George French Angas
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