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1486:Ngāti Kuia
1456:Te Tau Ihu
1440:Te Āti Awa
1348:Ngāruahine
1343:Ngāti Maru
1332:Te Āti Awa
1321:Ngāti Tama
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1075:Ngāti Hotu
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381:, academic
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168:History
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