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Paoa may
refer to: Pa'o'a, a
Tahitian dance Pāoa, the
eponymous ancestor of the Ngāti
Pāoa iwi of the
Hauraki Gulf, New
Zealand Paoa Kahanamoku (1890–1968)...
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Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890 –
January 22, 1968) was a
Hawaiian competition swimmer, li****uard, and po****rizer of the...
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Pāoa was a Māori
rangatira (chieftain) of the
Tainui tribal confederation from the
Waikato region, New Zealand. He is the
ancestor of the Ngāti
Pāoa iwi...
- Ngāti
Pāoa is a Māori iwi (tribe) that has
extensive links to the
Hauraki and
Waikato tribes of New Zealand. Its
traditional lands stretch from the western...
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headland was
known to Māori as Te Kuri o
Pāoa,
which translates to "The Dog of
Pāoa". Māori
legends recount that
Pāoa lost his kurī (Māori dog) in the Poverty...
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Firth of
Thames (Māori:
Tikapa Moana-o-Hauraki) is a
large bay
located in the
north of the
North Island of New Zealand. It is the
firth of the rivers...
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Pedro Pablo Petero Edmunds Paoa (born 1 July 1961) is a
Chilean politician. He
serves as
mayor of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Commune. He was
previously the...
- Waiti-Raungaunu
marae and
Paoa meeting house are also ****ociated with the
Waikato Tainui hapū of Ngāti Makirangi, and with the iwi of Ngāti
Paoa. Hoe o
Tainui marae...
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Jacobo Hey
Paoa is the
first Rapa Nui male to earn a law
degree and
become an attorney. His parents,
Urbano Edmunds Hey and
Carolina Paoa Rangitopa were...
- The Ayusan–
Paoa Bridge is a
Spanish colonial era arch
bridge in Vigan, Philippines,
estimated to be
constructed around 1842. It is made of mud bricks,...
