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Kōrero: Taranaki tribe

The home of the ancestors

Audio file

Taranaki tribal historian Te Miringa Hōhaia talks about the kāinga (village) Karakatonga which was the ancient dwelling place of Te Kāhui Maunga – the people of the mountains.

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Sound Archives / Ngā Taonga Kōrero

Reference: Parihaka: its rape and its healing/MPT HRK940629

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Te Miringa Hōhaia, Taranaki tribe – Tribal origins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/speech/3901/the-home-of-the-ancestors (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Miringa Hōhaia, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.