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Kōrero: Te Arawa

Atu i Te Whanga o Kahumatamomoe (Ōkahu Bay) ki Rangitoto.

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Rangitoto from Bastion Point, near Ōkahu Bay

He whakaahua tēnei atu i Tāmaki ki Rangitoto. Ko Ōkahu tēnei, i tapaina mō Kahumatamomoe (Kahu), he tipuna nō Te Arawa. Ka noho a Kahu ki reira me Kaipara i te uru o Tāmaki. Mā roto i a Kahu te hononga o Te Wai-o-Hua rāua ko Ngāti Whātua ki a Te Arawa. I puta te ingoa o Rangitoto i te kōrero ‘Te Rangi-i-totongia-te-ihu-o-Tamatekapua’ – te patunga o Te Arawa e Tainui i Rangitoto i te takiwā o te tau 1350.

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Paul Tapsell, Te Arawa – Origins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1512/atu-i-te-whanga-o-kahumatamomoe-okahu-bay-ki-rangitoto (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Tapsell, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.