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Motu Kōkako (Hole in the Rock)

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Motu Kōkako

Several ancestral canoes landed on the Whangārei coast. The Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi canoe landed here at Motu Kōkako (Hole in the Rock), at the entrance to the Bay of Islands.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Whangārei tribes – Ancestors, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1044/motu-kokako-hole-in-the-rock (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.