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Taihape

 
Place Names: Taihape
  • Location: North Island/New Zealand
  • Variant names: Otaihape
Founded in 1894 as a coach stop called 'Place of Taihape', the name of a local Maori, or 'Place of Tai the Hunchback' from the Maori o 'place of', tai 'angle', and hape 'crooked'.

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