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