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Te Heuheu whakapapa

Te Heuheu whakapapa

Tūwharetoa St, Tamamutu St and Heuheu St in the town of Taupō acknowledge names of the paramount chiefs of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, the tribe of the Taupō region.

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Malcolm McKinnon, 'Place names - Māori and Pākehā names', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/whakapapa/19359/te-heuheu-whakapapa (accessed 28 April 2024)

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 24 Nov 2008