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Motu Kōkako (Hole in the Rock)

Motu Kōkako (Hole in the Rock)

Several ancestral canoes landed on the Whāngārei coast. The Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi canoe landed here at Motu Kōkako (Hole in the Rock), at the entrance to the Bay of Islands.

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Photograph by Peter Hodsell

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Rāwiri Taonui. 'Whāngārei tribes', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 24-Sep-11
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