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Maketū

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Maketū

The Te Arawa canoe landed at Maketū on the Bay of Plenty coast. In 1940 this monument was put up to mark the landing place.

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Martin Wikaira, Ngāti Tūwharetoa – The journeys of Ngātoroirangi and Tia, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/4246/maketu (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Martin Wikaira, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.