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Anga-kakahi hamlet, Ohau
Kete Horowhenua2020-03-23T16:51:23+00:00A former small kainga on the left bank of the Ohau River immediately below the junction of the Kuku Stream.
| Location | Map VI Adkin |
The site was pointed out to the writer in 1931 by Arapata te Hiwi, of Kuku, the then leading man of the Ngati-Tukorehe hapu of Ngati-Raukawa, on whose territory it was situated.
The name means, ‘shells of the kakahi’ (the fresh-water bivalve Hyridella menziesi var.).
Apparently the kakahi, obtained from the adjacent Kuku Stream, was a much-used article of diet, and the discarded shells of the mollusc became such a feature of the place that the name became attached.
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