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Story: Ngāti Porou

Porourangi whare, Waiomatatini

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Porourangi whare, Waiomatatini

The whare at Waiomatatini, north of Gisborne, is named after the ancestor, Porourangi, from whom the tribe Ngāti Porou take their name.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, William James Harding Collection (PAColl-3042)

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Tamati Muturangi Reedy, Ngāti Porou – Ancestors, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/639/porourangi-whare-waiomatatini (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Tamati Muturangi Reedy, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.