The Maungaharuru Range is located 34 km from Napier in the New Zealand region of Hawke's Bay. The name means in the mountain that resounded in Te Reo Māori due to the bird population.[1]
Maungaharuru is the spiritual mountain of the hapū Ngati Kurumōkihi.[2] They are the kaitiaki of Boundary Stream and the area. In 2017 the hapū were given four conservation reserves in the Hawke's Bay by the Crown as part of Treaty of Waitangi settlements. The Ngati Kurumōkihi hapū gave the reserves to the people of New Zealand (Aotearoa), three of these conservation areas are located in the Maungaharuru Range.[3]
- ^ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Maungaharuru Range". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ "Ngāti Kurumōkihi". Maungaharuru-Tangitu Trust. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
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