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Story: Whangārei tribes

Hen Island

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Hen Island

Hen Island, off the Whangārei coast, is a Crown-owned reserve.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Whangārei tribes – Land loss, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1056/hen-island (accessed 4 June 2026).

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