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Story: Te Tau Ihu tribes

Kahura

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Chief Kahura

Kahura, a Ngāti Kuia chief, whose men were responsible for the death of 10 of Captain Furneaux’s men at Wharehunga Bay in 1773.

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Reference: DL Pe 214

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Hilary Mitchell and John Mitchell, Te Tau Ihu tribes – Coming of the Pākehā, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/549/kahura (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Hilary Mitchell and John Mitchell, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.