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Group of islands 60km northwest of Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua. Feature shown on: NZTopo50-AS22 163199; Manawatāwhi is the original Māori name for this group of islands which were once occupied by Māori but are now a nature reserve. The largest was named Three Kings Island by Abel Tasman in 1643. Previously shown as Three Kings Islands on map and chart. Claudia Orange. ['Northland places - Aupōuri Peninsula', Te Ara - the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Mar-09](http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/northland-places/1). See [history relating to Cook's place names](https://earth.google.com/web/data=Mj8KPQo7CiExMjJfZ1puZmJFV2hFRFlvSFVNVG5YU05CRWZTYTBfSWoSFgoUMDlCNjMyN0MxRTEwMEQwMjVBQUM).; 'Lit. manawa: breath; tāwhi: to hold back; Out of breath, because the original chief of the islands swam there from North Cape and arrived exhausted. Abel Tasman named the largest island Drie Coninge Eijlandt: lit. Island of the Three Kings in 1643 during the season of Epiphany, which celebrates the three magi or kings worshipping the infant Jesus. The name now applies to all the islands.' Source: Dowling, Peter & A.W. Reed, New Zealand Place Names, 2025.
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