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Maungakawa
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❔ Cause unknown

Maungakawa

Vanished settlement · New Zealand

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
-37.860, 175.530
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Why it was abandoned

❔ Cause unknown

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History

Maungakawa is a former Mãori village located in the foothills of Maungakawa Hill, north of the town of Cambridge. It was once the meeting place of the Kauhanganui, the parliament of the Kīngitanga and Waikato Tainui government.

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