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Story: Whāngārei tribes

Whāngārei Harbour

Whāngārei Harbour

There are a number of traditions about how Whāngārei was named. One is that it refers to a rock in the harbour where sentries used to wait (whanga) in ambush (rei).

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Photograph by Lloyd Homer

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Rāwiri Taonui. 'Whāngārei tribes', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 24-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/whangarei-tribes/3/1