Tia (Māori explorer)

30km
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Tia's route
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Maketu
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Kaharoa
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Lake Rotorua
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Horohoro
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Whakamaru
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Mount Titiraupenga
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Ātiamuri
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Aratiatia, near Wairakei
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Pākā Bay
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(Mount Tauhara)
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Motutere
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Tokaanu
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Mount Hauhungaroa
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Mount Hurakia

In Māori traditions, Tia was an early Māori explorer of Aotearoa New Zealand and a rangatira (chief) in the Arawa tribal confederation. Through his descendants, he is an ancestor of the Tapuika and Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi (tribes). He is responsible for the names of various features and settlements around the central North Island, most notably Lake Taupō. He might have lived around 1400.

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