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Historic HB: The story behind the names


Historic HB: The story behind the names
17 Dec, 2020 10:21 PM
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An aerial view of Napier in 1947. Photo / Napier City Council
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Michael Fowler
When Lieutenant James Cook sailed into what he would call Hawke s Bay in October 1769, the entrance to the inner harbour lagoon, Te Whanganui-a-Orotū, was at Keteketerau (Bay View). James Cook referred to Te Whanganui-a-Orotū
as a pretty lake of saltwater .
Tu Ahuriri was the son of Tu Maro, a Ngai-Tara chief. Setting out from Hataitai near Wellington, he arrived In Hawke s Bay and camped at what is now Ahuriri.
At this time, the entrance to the lagoon at Keteketerau was blocked. This was a problem as fresh water from the Tutaekuri River was filling up the lagoon and interfering with the health of shellfish, which depended upon a tidal flow of sea water. Some kāinga (houses) were also flooded. ....

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