Motutapu Island
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Motutapu Island is a 1,510 ha island in the Hauraki Gulf to the northeast of the city of Auckland, New Zealand. The island is part of the Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park. The island can be accessed via reg
The nearest two headlands in this view from Rangitoto are part of Motutapu
View from the south of Rangitoto Island and Motutapu Island
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki
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Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki is a Māori tribe that is based in the area around Clevedon, part of the Auckland region. It is one of the twelve members of the Hauraki Collective of tribes.
Motutapu Island
…the eruption Motutapu is reported to have been visited by both the Arawa and Tainui canoes and was subsequently settled by the Tainui ancestors of the Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. The island's traditional name, Te Motu Tapu a Taikehu ("The Sacred island of Taikehu"), is a reference to a tohunga of the Tainui canoe. Ngāi Tai…
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