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Description
A small lake on the slopes of Taranaki Maunga approximately 4.5km south of the summit, just above twin hills the Beehives. NZTopo50-BJ29 913455.; Taranaki Tūpuna written and oral history: Mangō means shark. 'Mangōraukawa is a lake on the southern side of the mountain. The Kāhui Maunga ancestors used the lake for bathing and other ceremonies. It was much larger then but became restricted to its current size during the eruptions that gave rise to Taranaki Maunga. Rāhirimihia and Haupoto re-affirmed the name of the lake when Rāhirimihia buried a shark there as an offering and set raukawa foliage afloat on the lake, symbolic of renewed life.'
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