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Story: Tāmaki tribes

Waiheke Island

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Waiheke Island

Ngāti Pāoa conquered much of Tāmaki and came to occupy land along the east coast from the Thames Estuary to the Hunua Ranges and north to Whangaparāoa. Their territory included Waiheke Island in the Hauraki Gulf, pictured here.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Tāmaki tribes – The tribes of Tāmaki, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1024/waiheke-island (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 4 March 2009, updated 22 March 2017.