Where The Heck Is Pukekohe?

Namibia's rugby team is staying in Pukekohe for the world cup

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The Maori word puke-kohe means “hill of the kohekoh e “ New Zealand’ native mahogany.During the New Zealand Wars a battle was fought in Pukekohe know as the Defence of
Pukekohe East 1863
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The tangata whenua of Franklin trace their ancestry back to the Tainui canoe that came to rest at Kawhia after the long voyage from Hawaiki. Marriage and wars through the centuries gave different tribes influence over what is now called Franklin

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