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Maketu is a
small town on the
Western Bay of
Plenty coast in New Zealand.
Maketu has an
estuary from
which the
Kaituna River used to flow,
until 1956,...
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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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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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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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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...
- 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...
- 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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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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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...
- 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...
