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Story: Ngāti Kahungunu

Maungakāhia pā

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Maungakāhia pā

Maungakāhia is on the Nukutaurua tableland, at the north-east corner of Māhia Peninsula. It was the main of Kahungunu and Rongomaiwahine.

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Mere Whaanga, Ngāti Kahungunu – Ngāti Kahungunu become established, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/577/maungakahia-pa (accessed 4 June 2026).

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