Kurahaupō Rocks, near Tom Bowling Bay

The rocks in the sea, middle foreground, are the first anchoring place of this important canoe, which carried the founding population of many tribes in the far northern and southern North Island. At left above the beach is a pā, Tomokanga; its defensive features do not show clearly. People from Kurahaupō landed at the Waitangi Stream, part of which shows at top left of the photograph. The view is to the south-east with Pārengarenga Harbour to the far right.