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Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē (Ninety Mile Beach)

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Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē

The best known of Tōhē’s place names is Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē (the long beach of Tōhē). This is arguably a more accurate name than Ninety Mile Beach, since in fact the beach is just under 56 miles (90 km) long.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Muriwhenua tribes – Ancestors, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/427/te-oneroa-a-tohe-ninety-mile-beach (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 4 March 2009, updated 22 March 2017.

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levi hillman
28 May 2015
he uri no ngati kauwhata au