- the
waters but now
lives on kōura (crayfish) and
wheke (octopus). Ngārara
Huarau is a
taniwha known from the
myths of
several groups of Māori in the northern...
-
Sestra humeraria, also
known as
huarau looper, is a
species of moth in the
family Geometridae. It was
described by
Francis Walker in 1861. This species...
- iwi was
concerned about the
intruders possibly waking the
taniwha Ngārara
Huarau in
anchoring too
close to a
certain point. Some of Ngāi Tahu's more memorable...
- Pouerua, Te Rua-hoanga, Ngaungau, Kaiaia, Te Tou o Roro, Taka-poruruku, Tapa-
huarau, Nga Puke-pango, Maunga-turoto, and Maunga-kawakawa. On the
western edge...
- had been
opened to Kaiwaka, but the next
section through Maungaturoto to
Huarau,
including the
Otamatea Bridge, was not
formally opened until 1
March 1920...
- was 89 mi 60 ch (144.4 km) from Auckland, 3.82 km (2.37 mi)
south east of
Huarau and 6 km (3.7 mi)
north west of Bickerstaffe. "ArcGIS Web Application"....
-
operating in the town in the 1900s. The
North Auckland railway line
reached Huarau, to the east of Paparoa, in the
early 1920s. A
route through Paparoa was...
-
mythology of the
local Tākaka Māori, a
taniwha (water guardian)
called Ngārara
Huarau terrorises a
local village, who
eventually retaliate by
killing the monster...
-
Wainui Bay. In Māori legend, a taipō (goblin, evil spirit)
named Ngārara-
huarau,
protected this place. It
remains a
spiritual area, and some
local people...
