Ōwhakatoro
Ngāti Pūkenga get their name from Pūkenga, who was born in Rūātoki in eastern Bay of Plenty. Pūkenga lived at Ōhae, the pā of his father, Tānemoeahi, located near Whaitiripapā and Pūtiki on the northern side of the Ohinemataora River, where the Ōwhakatoro stream flows through the Rūātoki valley. 1 Pūkenga intended to settle his people in Tauranga Moana, but was killed in fighting at Ōwhakatoro.
1. Par 2.3, Deed of Settlement, 7 April 2013.