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Toka-purewha

1. (location) eastern point of Ōkahu Bay (Auckland) - the original name of Bastion Point.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 107;)

Tērā te pā, ka horo tērā pā, a Kohi-maramara, haere tonu mai ki tētahi pā, ki Toka-purewha, whawhai tonu atu, horo ake tērā pā (Wh4 2004:109). / Then there was the pā, Kohimaramara that fell, and continuing on to another pā at Bastion Point, they continued fighting and that pā was taken.

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