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Story: Ngāti Kahungunu

Nukutaurua, Māhia Peninsula

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Nukutaurua, Māhia Peninsula

One of the most famous New Zealand love stories began on this peninsula. It was here, at Nukutaurua, that Kahungunu met and married Rongomaiwahine.

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Mere Whaanga, Ngāti Kahungunu – Kahungunu and Rongomaiwahine, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/572/nukutaurua-mahia-peninsula (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mere Whaanga, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.