Ngā Pou Kīngi in Hauraki, list of maunga pledged as 'pou' of the King Movement in Hauraki, 1893, 1907
The following extracts were taken from the 1893 and the 1907 editions of the King Movement newspaper entitled Te Paki o Matariki. These extracts list the various mountains throughout both the North and South Islands that were pledged as 'post' (pou) for the house of the King and the King Movement. Both lists include four maunga from Hauraki and their respective iwi as follows: Moehau, Ngāti Tamaterā Kohukohunui, Ngāti Whanaunga Rātāroa, Ngāti Pāoa Te Aroha-a-uta, Ngāti Maru, Ngāi Te Rangi Te Aroha-a-tai, Hauraki Moehau is the large peak at the northern end of the Coromandel Peninsula and Kohukohunui is the highest peak in the Hūnua Ranges, western Hauraki. Rātāroa is located near Waitakaruru, at the southern of the Hūnua Ranges, and Te Aroha is the maunga located adjacent to modern day Te Aroha. Here is the 1893 extract: Te Paki o Matariki, 25 July 1893, p. 4 Here is the 1907 extract: Te Paki o Matariki, 2 May 1907 p. 1