Porangahau

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Porangahau is a small township close to the Pacific Ocean coast of the southeastern North Island of New Zealand. It is in the southernmost part of Hawke's Bay, 45 kilometres south of Waipukurau, and close to the mouth of the Porangahau River. There is a marae at Porangahau.

The township is close to the famed insubstantial hill with the substantial name: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu.