Kāinga

is not an unusual question, and naming a mountain and river is a standard part of a traditional introduction or pepeha).

Traditionally, Māori were often semi-nomadic, with entire communities moving at harvest or to hunt, using the kāinga as a stable home base.

An entire settlement could be declared tapu on the death of a tribal elder, with its inhabitants moving to a new location nearby.

Survivors mostly lived in nearby Ōnuku and Takapūneke having been declared a sacred site, it was avoided by the local hapū for over 100 years.

[3] When European whalers arrived in New Zealand and established bases, kāinga would often shift to near the newcomers so that trading would be easier.