283:. Another version of the legend is that Pūtauaki was lonely after losing a fight for Pīhanga (another mountain) so when he met Tarawera he decided to start a relationship with her. After raising a son and years of a troubled marriage, Pūtauaki cast his eye out towards the sea, where the very beautiful Whakaari was. The two would call out to each other at night while Tarawera slept. One night Pūtauaki could not contain his love any longer and decided to travel out to be with Whakaari. It is said that a mountain can only move once in their life and only at night so Pūtauaki had to travel across the land fast. Little did he know, his son had awoken and was following him. He heard the little whimper from his son and turned around. He tried to tell his son to stay with Tarawera but the little mountain would not leave his father. Then the sun rose and froze the two mountains where they were. When Tarawera awoke she saw that her husband had left and she started to weep, thus creating the
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Putauaki is home to a major FM radio transmitter for the eastern Bay of Plenty. Prior to digital television transition in
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who became Lord
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declared the confiscation illegal because there was no prospect of placing settlers on the mountain.
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legend tells of a love affair that Pūtauaki had with
658:"New Zealand Gazetteer of Official Geographic Names"
534:Leonard, G.S.; Begg, J.G.; Wilson, C.J.N. (2010).
767:Walking up Mount Edgecumbe - at peakbagging.co.nz
537:Geology of Rotorua area. 1:25000 Geological map 5
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281:Whakaari/White Island
316:Licensed power (kW)
187:Bay of Plenty Region
132:Bay of Plenty Region
827:Holocene lava domes
812:Taupō Volcanic Zone
578:on 24 January 2023.
313:Transmit Frequency
203:Taupo Volcanic Zone
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16:New Zealand volcano
782:Whakatane District
262:land confiscations
245:Captain James Cook
46:Highest point
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191:New Zealand
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75:176°44′24″E
62:Coordinates
822:Lava domes
776:Categories
717:2021-11-04
693:2008-06-26
632:0790007614
490:References
322:The Breeze
72:38°06′25″S
639:Endeavour
614:Edgecumbe
400:The Sound
361:Tumeke FM
258:Ngāti Awa
250:Endeavour
229:-bearing
100:Geography
52:Elevation
667:23 March
621:(1975).
556:16 March
514:16 March
478:See also
387:The Edge
231:andesite
227:pyroxene
172:Pūtauaki
164:Putauaki
125:Putauaki
24:Putauaki
748:22 July
456:Kawerau
414:Gallery
293:Kawerau
217:History
199:Kawerau
195:Rotorua
185:in the
178:) is a
147:Geology
708:"Home"
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471:Matata
239:tephra
235:dacite
180:dacite
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289:river
277:Māori
168:Māori
750:2013
669:2011
627:ISBN
558:2024
545:ISBN
516:2024
407:1.6
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355:1.6
348:SENZ
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287:and
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