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Tuitahi pā site

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Tuitahi pā site

This is the Tuitahi site, near Ōtorohanga, seen from the air. The Ngāti Maniapoto ancestor Maniapoto lived at this . According to F. L. Phillips, author of The landmarks of Tainui / Nga tohu a Tainui, it is the only of Maniapoto not to have been destroyed by land development.

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Reference: F. L. Phillips, Nga Tohu a Tainui: Landmarks of Tainui, NZ. Otorohanga: Tohu Publishers, 1989. p 31

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Kerryn Pollock, King Country region – Māori settlement and occupation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/34840/tuitahi-pa-site (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 6 December 2011, updated 1 March 2015.