Map 7: Approximate location of some hapu interests – west harbour

track to gather kaimoana at Tauranga. At times, some Ngati Haua also lived in the Tauranga district, particularly at Omokoroa, and their leading rangatira, Te Waharoa, was living on Motuhoa immediately before his death in 1838. Ngati Haua’s occupation and use rights in the area were based on their alliance with Tauranga Maori, rather than on any claim to conquest or other rights of their own.⁴⁷

Ngati Hinerangi and Ngati Tokotoko are people of Nga Marama origin with close ties to Pirirakau. Their main area of interest lay in, and just to the west of, the Kaimai Range,

47. Document a2, pp 171–172; doc a13, pp 17–18