Taupo-hau-rau was a descriptive name sometimes applied to Taupomoana in days of old. It might be translated as "Lake of A Hundred Winds.'' The above photograph taken recently at Whareweka Point shows the sea raised by a typical sou'wester. Rangatira Point is in the background.
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Taupo Times, Volume II, Issue 98, 4 December 1953, Page 1
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45Taupo-hau-rau was a descriptive name sometimes applied to Taupomoana in days of old. It might be translated as "Lake of A Hundred Winds." The above photograph taken recently at Whareweka Point shows the sea raised by a typical sou'wester. Rangatira Point is in the background. Taupo Times, Volume II, Issue 98, 4 December 1953, Page 1
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