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    Maketu is a small town on the Western Bay of Plenty coast in New Zealand. It is located roughly 9 km (5.6 mi) from Paengaroa, 14 km (8.7 mi) from Te Puke...
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    Wiremu Kīngi Maketū (also known as Maketū Wharetotara or Waretotara) (c. 1824 – 7 March 1842) was the first person executed in New Zealand under British...
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    them. He staked claims to Mount Moehau in the Coromandel Peninsula and to Maketu in the central Bay of Plenty, where he settled. Shortly after this, he was...
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  • called Toka-parore and Tu-te-rangi-haruru, now the name of two rocks in the Maketu estuary. A stone anchor in the churchyard at Ohinemutu is said to have come...
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    Kawhia Harbour (redirect from Maketū Marae)
    situated at the summit of the sacred hill behind Kawhia’s seaside marae – Maketu Marae. The harbour area was the birthplace of the prominent Māori warrior...
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  • captained the Arawa canoe on its journey to New Zealand and settled with him at Maketu in the Bay of Plenty. Kahumatamomoe set out on an exploratory journey with...
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    in the north, to the Kaimai Range in the west, south of Te Puke and to Maketu in the east. Ngāi Te Rangi is part of the Tauranga Moana iwi group, which...
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  • activity at Whakarewarewa. Finally, they found Ngātoro-i-rangi's house at Maketu. Instead of entering by the gate, they climbed over the fence and sat in...
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    northwards for 45 kilometres (28 mi), emptying into the Bay of Plenty at Maketu. It was the subject of a claim concerning the effluent flowing down the...
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    side of the estuary is Little Waihi and it is a short drive from there to Maketu. To the north-west, across the estuary entrance and around the point is...
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  • Ngāti Whakaue is a Māori iwi, of the Te Arawa confederation of New Zealand, tracing its descent from Whakaue Kaipapa, son of Uenuku-kopakō, and grandson...
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    all times to have made a set at Maketū and had on several occasions struck, thrown, or otherwise maltreated him. Maketū was unable to defend himself against...
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    Sub-Division Kaimai Ward: (seat at Ōmokoroa) Te Puke-Maketu Ward: (seat at Te Puke) Te Puke Sub-Division Maketu Sub-Division Western Bay of Plenty District consists...
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  • Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 22 April 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2015. Oliver, S. "Maketu Wiremu Kingi", Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 30 October 2012...
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  • rangatira of Te Arawa. After burying his father at Moehau, he travelled to Maketu to be purified by his uncle Kahumatamomoe, whose daughter he married. He...
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    the west, south of Te Puke and to Maketu in the east, and it has tribal holdings in Whangārei, Hauraki and Maketu. Ngāti Pūkenga is part of the Tauranga...
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    ransacked. The British gunboat fired from the river, mortally wounding Maketu, a chief. Rockets were fired at besiegers from two armed boats on 24 May...
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    2024). "2024 Maketu Community Board By-election" (PDF). Western Bay of Plenty District Council. Lampp, Warwick (19 July 2024). "2024 Maketu-Te Puke Ward...
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  • Katikati Primary School 1–6 Coed Katikati State 5 440 - 1765 Maketu School 1–6 Coed Maketu State 2 42 - 1794 Matahui Road School 1–8 Coed Aongatete Private...
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  • "Sensing Murder psychic Kelvin Cruickshank credited with helping find Maketū man John Mohi's body". ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 6 July 2019. Fleming, Donna...
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  • Merata Mita (category People from Maketu)
    the growth of the Māori screen industry. Mita was born on 19 June 1942 in Maketu in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. She was the third of nine children and had...
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  • Papatapu (Te Wehi) marae and Te Tihi o Moerangi marae 4 around Kawhia Harbour: Maketū marae, Ōkapu marae, Āruka marae and Te Kōraha marae The iwi of Ngāti Hikairo...
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    and it's an enormous electorate, 13,800 square kilometres covering from Maketū to Gisborne and everywhere in between. And there are lots of different issues...
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  • Terry Locke (section Maketu)
    book of poems, Home Territory (Lindon, 1984). Locke's third book of poems Maketu (concerning Phillip Tapsell) was published in 2003 and his fourth collection...
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  • and South faults Waipuna Fault Oruakukuru Fault Rangiahu Fault Maketu Stream Fault (Maketu Trace) Karioi fault set that is 24 km (15 mi) wide of NE‐trending...
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    The Te Arawa of Maketu entertain guests....
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    is a village in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. It is 9 km (5.6 mi) from Maketu, 11 km (6.8 mi) from Te Puke, 35 km (22 mi) from Tauranga and 46 kilometres...
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    known for the cultivation of kiwifruit. Te Puke is close to Tauranga and Maketu, which are both coastal towns/cities, as well as the small townships of...
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    4 2 2 55 42 +13  Alexander Arjoon (GUY)  Sunil Seth (GUY) 3 1 2 1 2 4 -2 44 57 -13  Schubert Maketu (PNG)  Moreina Wei (PNG) 3 0 3 0 0 6 -6 34 66 -32...
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    harbours are located at Tauranga, Whakatāne and Ohiwa. Major estuaries include Maketu, Little Waihi, Whakatāne, Waiotahe and Waioeka/Ōtara. Eight major rivers...
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