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Article from the New Zealand Herald
24 August 2010: As Auckland merges to create a supercity, the Herald looks back at how Auckland has changed over the years.

The land was known as Tamaki-makaurau (Tamaki of a hundred lovers). It was also known as Tamaki-nui (Great Tamaki), Tamaki-herehere-i-nga-waka (Tamaki that Binds Canoes).

The oral traditions relate a rich and diverse journey from ancient mythologies through changing tribal occupations of an isthmus that connected three great harbours and multiple trade routes to Northland, the Waikato, the west coast, Coromandel and the Bay of Plenty.

Each tribe has mana, each has their version of how Tamaki was named.

THE TRIBES OF TAMAKI:
- Ngati Whatua-o-Orakei, Central Auckland
- Te Kawerau-a-Maki, West Auckland
- Te Aki Tai and Te Wai-o-Hua, South Auckland
- Ngati Te Ata, South Auckland
- The Marutuahu Confederation, East Auckland and Waiheke
- Ngai Tai, East and South Auckland
- Ngati Tamaoho, South Auckland