Kahumatamomoe (Kahu for short) was a Māori rangatira (chief) in the Te Arawa confederation of tribes. He undertook several exploratory journeys around...

Lake Rotorua (Māori: Te Rotorua nui ā Kahumatamomoe) is the second largest lake in the North Island of New Zealand by surface area, and covers 79.8 km2...

father at Moehau, he travelled to Maketu to be purified by his uncle Kahumatamomoe, whose daughter he married. He explored the North Island and named many...

and Kahumatamomoe lived together in the house of Whitingakongako at the pā (fortified village) of Te Koari. Tuhoromatakakā attacked Kahumatamomoe, while...

Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe. Roto means 'lake' and rua means 'two' or in this case, 'second' – Rotorua thus meaning 'Second lake'. Kahumatamomoe was the uncle...

Ngāti Pikiao is a Māori iwi of New Zealand. Te Arawa FM is the radio station of Te Arawa iwi, including Ngāti Pikiao, Tūhourangi and Ngāti Whakaue. It...

this, he was defeated by the vengeful Ruaeo and feuded with his son Kahumatamomoe, departing to Moehau, where he died. Tama-te-kapua was said to be very...

Waiatuhi Marae and Kahumatamomoe meeting house is a meeting place for Ngāti Rongomai and the Ngāti Pikiao hapū of Ngāti Kahumatamomoe, Ngāti Paruaharanui...

Tekapo 83 km2 (32 sq mi) Canterbury 11 Lake Rotorua / Te Rotorua nui ā Kahumatamomoe 79 km2 (31 sq mi) Bay of Plenty 12 Lake Wairarapa 78 km2 (30 sq mi)...

The pā site Te Pūtiki o Kahumatamomoe, aka Te Pūtiki o Kahu, photographed from the Stonyridge Vineyard on Waiheke....

name of the mountain is Te Horohoroinga-o-ngā-ringa-o-Kahumatamomoe (Washing of Kahumatamomoe's hands). The 1929 land development project by Āpirana Ngata...

Boat Rock (in the harbour south-west of Chatswood) by Te Arawa chief Kahumatamomoe. A popular translation of Waitematā is "The Obsidian Waters", referring...

Kaipara had its origins back in the 15th century when the Arawa chief, Kahumatamomoe, travelled to the Kaipara to visit his nephew at Pouto. At a feast,...

Marae and Hinekura meeting house in Rotoiti and the Waiatuhi Marae and Kahumatamomoe meeting house in neighboring Mourea with fellow Te Arawa Iwi. Te Wharekura...

Pumanawa e Waru o Te Arawa (Red) Ngongotahā (Green) Te Rotorua nui ā Kahumatamomoe (Blue) Steve McDowall – Rugby Union player (Auckland, All Black) Temuera...

Another says it was among the places the early Te Arawa explorer, Kahumatamomoe, with his nephew Īhenga, visited on their expedition from Maketū. The...

Wairoa-ō-Kahu ("The Great River of Kahu"), referring to the ancestor Kahumatamomoe, a second generation descendant of the crew of the Te Arawa migratory...

(Ngāti Te Rama, Ngāti Whaoa) Reporoa Waiatuhi Kahumatamomoe Ngāti Rongomai, Ngāti Pikiao (Ngāti Kahumatamomoe, Ngāti Paruaharanui, Ngāti Te Takinga) Mourea...

a daughter Tuparewhaitaita, who married Tawake-moe-tahanga, son of Kahumatamomoe (who was himself son of Tama-te-kapua, the captain of the Arawa). They...

significance to Tāmaki Māori. The rock was the location where Te Arawa chief Kahumatamomoe placed a mauri stone (a stone of religious significance), naming the...

significance to Tāmaki Māori. The rock was the location where Te Arawa chief Kahumatamomoe placed a mauri stone (a stone of religious significance), naming the...

of Mōkai ō Kahu"), referring to the guardian taniwha associated with Kahumatamomoe of the Arawa migratory canoe. A rock at the mouth of the creek, Te Ure...

(the great cleansing of Tia). Other accounts say that this happened to Kahumatamomoe, not Tia. Tia met the Waikato River at Whakamaru, climbed nearby Mount...

Okahu Bay comes from the Māori Ōkahu, meaning "the dwelling place of Kahumatamomoe". It was the site of the home village of Ngāti Whātua, an important...

the tohunga (priest and navigator) and ancestor of Ngāti Tūwharetoa Kahumatamomoe, son of Tama-te-kapua Tuhoromatakaka, son of Tama-te-kapua Īhenga, son...

Lake Hamilton Lake Lake Waikato 1974 Lake Rotorua / Te Rotorua nui ā Kahumatamomoe Lake Rotorua Lake Bay of Plenty 2006 Leaning Rock / Haehaeata Leaning...

members and events that occurred at the newly discovered locations. Kahumatamomoe named Manukau Harbour after a manuka stake that he used to claim ownership...

literally means "Waters of Te Mata". The name refers to Te Arawa chief Kahumatamomoe, who when visiting the harbour placed a mauri stone (a stone of religious...