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Akuaku, also known as Aku Aku, was a settlement approximately halfway between Waipiro Bay and Whareponga in the East Coast region of New Zealand's North Island. A traditional landing point for waka taua, the town is most notable now as the former home of Major Ropata Wahawaha, N.Z.C, as well as the ancestral home of Te Whānau-a-Rākairoa.
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- ↑ Local Government Commission (16 January 2019). "Determination of representation arrangements to apply for the election of the Gisborne District Council to be held on 12 October 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- 1 2 "Gisborne District Ward Map" (PDF). Gisborne, New Zealand: Gisborne District Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ↑ Harmsworth, Garth; Warmenhoven, Tui Aroha (2002). "The Waiapu project: Maori community goals for enhancing ecosystem health". Hamilton, New Zealand: New Zealand Association of Resource Management. p. 2. Archived from the original (DOC) on 18 December 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
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