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Confirmation of Lake Tarawera. Section 71 and Schedule 4 Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Act 2006. Feature shown on: NZTopo50-BE38 014670; 'Hikawera, a chief who came from Hawke’s Bay, had a successful fowling season on the shores of the lake and the slopes of the mountain. On his departure he left his bird spears in a wharau (hut). Returning the following year, he found the wharau and its contents destroyed by fire. The northern part of the mountain was called Wahanga, lit. burst open; the middle peak Ruawahia, lit. rua: pit; wahia: broken; and the southern peak Tarawera, lit. tara: peak; wera: burnt or hot.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.
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