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Story: Whangārei tribes

Hauturu (Little Barrier Island)

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Hauturu

Hauturu, which means ‘resting place of the winds’, was acquired by the government as a nature reserve in 1894 and the last Ngātiwai family evicted. However Ngātiwai people have a continuing relationship with ‘Little Barrier Island’ as it is known. They have been involved in environmental programmes on the island such as the eradication of the kiore, the Polynesian rat.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Whangārei tribes – Land loss, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1054/hauturu-little-barrier-island (accessed 4 June 2026).

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