Story: Patupaiarehe
Mt Ngongotahā rises above Rotorua city. Its name is linked to the explorer Īhenga, who was offered a drink of water by a patupaiarehe woman at the top of the mountain. He named it Ngongotahā (‘drink from a calabash’).
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Reference: CN18356/24
Photograph by Lloyd Homer
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