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Story: Tapa whenua – naming places

Places futher south named by Tōhē

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Places futher south named by Tōhē

These places further south were also named by Tōhē. He never reached his daughter – he died near Maunganui Bluff.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Tapa whenua – naming places – Exploration and naming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/map/18639/places-futher-south-named-by-tohe (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 1 March 2009.