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Paekākāriki was named by the tohunga, Haupipi-a-Nanaia (Hau). He was the great grandson of Kupe, and was married to Wairaka from Poverty Bay. She was the daughter of Toroa, Captain of the Mataatua waka. The story is told that Hau’s wife had been lured away from his whare by another and they fled down the … Read more