Kawhia Harbour
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Kawhia Harbour is one of three large natural inlets in the Tasman Sea coast of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located to the south of Raglan Harbour, Ruapuke and Aotea Harbour
The harbour with Tiritirimatangi Peninsula at centre
Waterfront at Kawhia pictured between 1908 and 1915. St Elmo boarding house in the foreground.
"Welcome to Kawhia" sign
265 ft (81 m) long Waiharakeke bridge, where Harbour Rd crosses an arm of the harbour, opened in 1909
Ngāti Toa
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Ngāti Toa, also called Ngāti Toarangatira or Ngāti Toa Rangatira, is a Māori iwi based in the southern North Island and the northern South Island of New Zealand. Ngāti Toa remains a small iwi with a p
Kawhia Harbour
…sacred hill behind Kawhia’s seaside marae – Maketu Marae. The harbour area was the birthplace of the prominent Māori warrior chief Te Rauparaha of the Ngāti Toa tribe, who lived in the area until the 1820s, when he, and his tribe along with Ngāti Rārua and Ngāti Koata migrated southwards. Tainui was buried at…
Ngāti Toa Domain, Porirua
Looking south towards Cook Strait and the South Island from Kapiti Island