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Kōrero: Tauranga Moana

Te taunaha i a Maunganui

The naming of Mt Maunganui

He tuarua a Ranginui nā Tamatea-arikinui, te rangatira o te waka Tākitimu. Ko Ranginui te tīpuna o Ngāti Ranginui, tētahi o ngā iwi e toru o Tauranga. Nā Tamatea a Maunganui i taunaha mō tētahi maunga rite kei Hawaiki. Tū ai a Maunganui ki te pūaha o Tauranga. Ko Mauao tōna ingoa taketake.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Jock Phillips

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Te Awanuiārangi Black, Tauranga Moana – Traditional lands and canoes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/3853/te-taunaha-i-a-maunganui (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Awanuiārangi Black, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.

Comments

Riley Smith
19 July 2012
That is actually incorrect. Mount Maunganui's original name was Rakataura. The name Mt Maunganui was chosen by the first town board of Mount Maunganui during the 1930s. It was never named or known as Maunganui by local Maori.