Story: Ngāti Tūwharetoa
This monument at Pūkawa records the meeting in November 1856 at which the Māori kingship was offered to Iwikau Te Heuheu. He did not accept the offer and subsequently Pōtatau Te Wherowhero agreed to become king. Pūkawa was also the place where, at the end of the 18th century, Herea Te Heuheu defeated Te Wakaiti to become the unchallenged chief of the Taupō area.
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Photograph by Martin Wikaira
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