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Kōrero: Waikato tribes

Te Pūaha o Waikato

River mouth at Port Waikato

I puta te ingoa o ‘Waikato’ i te hekenga o te waka o Tainui ki Aotearoa. I te taenga ki te wahapū o te awa, ka mātaki te iwi i te ia o te awa e kato (tō) ana i te wai tai – nā reira ka tapaina te awa, ko Waikato.

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GNS Science

Reference: 22622/23

by Lloyd Homer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Waikato tribes – Waikato landmarks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1716/te-puaha-o-waikato (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.