Hakiaha Street

Waikato & the Coromandel Peninsula


At the street’s eastern end is Hauaroa Whare, a beautifully carved house. At the western end, Te Rohe Potae memorialises King Tawhiao’s assertion of his mana (authority) over the King Country in a sculpture of a top hat on a large rock.


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18.05 MILES

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3. Mt Tongariro

26.3 MILES

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8. Mt Ngauruhoe

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