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Story: Ngāti Apa

Pūtauaki mountain

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Pūtauaki mountain

Pūtauaki mountain (Mt Edgecumbe) in the Bay of Plenty, shown on the left of this photograph, is reputed to be where the ancestors of Ngāti Apa first lived after their arrival in New Zealand.

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Grant Huwyler, Ngāti Apa – Origins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2465/putauaki-mountain (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Grant Huwyler, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.