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Te Kurī-a-Pāoa/Young Nicks Head

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Te Kurī-a-Pāoa/Young Nicks Head

Te Kurī-a-Pāoa, also known as Young Nicks Head, is at the heart of the rohe (district) of Ngāi Tāmanuhiri. It is seen here from State Highway 2 as it crosses the Wharerātā Range; Poverty Bay and Gisborne are in the background.

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Monty Soutar, East Coast places – Towards Wairoa, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/33577/te-kuri-a-paoayoung-nicks-head (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Monty Soutar, published 23 August 2011, updated 1 March 2015.