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Pei o Pereti

1. (loan) (location) Bay of Plenty.

Ki tō Te Tātana whakaaro, kia tū ki te Pei o Pereti, ki Ōpōtiki, ki Whakatāne, ki Te Kaha rānei (TP 7/1902:5). / In Mr Thornton’s opinion, it should be held in the Bay of Plenty, at Ōpōtiki, Whakatāne or Te Kaha.

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Moana-a-Toitehuatahi, Te

1. (location) Bay of Plenty (sea).

Ko te kōrero i a Te Arawa, i ū mai a Ngāhue ki Tūhua i Te Moana-a-Toitehuatahi (Te Ara 2011). / Te Arawa say he landed at Mayor Island in the Bay of Plenty.

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Waiariki

1. (location) Bay of Plenty region.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)

I te marama o Maehe i te tau 1900, ka tāngia te kawa e ngā tohunga rongonui o Waiariki (TTR 1994:90). / In March 1900 well-known tohunga of the Waiariki district opened the house.

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Whakaari

1. (location) White Island (Bay of Plenty).

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)

2. (location) Flagstaff - the name of a ridge to the north-west of Dunedin, misspelt as Wakari.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 18;)

Kārewa

1. (location) Gannet Island (off Aotea Harbour). Also an island in the Bay of Plenty.

Tauranga

1. (location) Cape Foulwind (West Coast). Also a harbour in the Bay of Plenty and the name of the Waimana River.

Mātaatua

1. (personal noun) migration canoe which landed at Whakatāne and finally ended at Hokianga before being dragged overland to Tākou.

Ko Te Whakatōhea e noho mai nei i ngā takiwā ki Ōpōtiki, he uri nō ētahi o ngā tīpuna i haere mai i runga i a 'Mātaatua', arā, nā Muriwai rātou (TTT 1/1/1924:10). / Te Whakatōhea, who occupy the Ōpōtiki area, are the descendants of the ancestors who came on 'Mātaatua', that is they descend from Muriwai.

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2. (personal name) people descended from the crew of this canoe from Hawaiki whose territories are in Northland and the Bay of Plenty.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 30;)

Ko Mātaatua, ko Te Arawa ko Ngāti Kahungunu o ngā iwi whakaeke ki te marae i uru atu ki roto i a Ngāti Porou ki te manaaki i ngā manuhiri (TTT 1/3/1926:358). / The tribes of Mātaatua, Te Arawa and Ngāti Kahungunu who had come onto the marae joined in with Ngāti Porou to host the visitors.

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Pei o Pereti

Moana-a-Toitehuatahi, Te

Waiariki

Whakaari

Kārewa

Tauranga

Mātaatua

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