Maketu

Maketu
Maketu is located in New Zealand
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Maketu

Maketu is a small town on the Bay of Plenty Coast in New Zealand. It is located on Okurei point and has an estuary from which the Kaituna River used to flow out of, it is also adjacent to Newdicks Beach located on the south eastern side of Okurei point. The name is sometimes informally abbreviated to MK2.

The bay of Maketu

It was the traditional landing site of the Te Arawa canoe. Maketu is named after an ancient kumara (sweet potato) pit in Hawaiki, the mythical place where, according to Māori oral tradition, the Māori sailed from.

Maketu has a predominantly Māori population.

In 2011, Maketu was one of many areas along the Bay of Plenty Coast affected by the grounding of the MV Rena and the subsequent oil spill[1]

References

  1. ^ "Public notice – beach access restricted". Maritime New Zealand. 13 October 2011. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1110/S00337/public-notice-beach-access-restricted.htm. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 

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Coordinates: 37°46′S 176°27′E / 37.767°S 176.45°E / -37.767; 176.45



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