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Story: Whāngārei tribes

Manaia mountain

Manaia mountain

There are a number of traditions explaining the jagged outline of Manaia mountain at the entrance to Whāngārei Harbour. One is that the ancestor Manaia and his servant Paeko were both turned into peaks while sparring with each other.

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