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=== Māori origins === Onehunga was close to one of the richest areas of the Auckland isthmus, and saw many battles between Māori groups in pre-European times.<ref name="BUS">[http://www.onehunga.net.nz/Art++Heritage.html?id=XuFq4gWF Discover Onehunga]{{Dead link|date=April 2025|fix-attempted=yes}} (from the 'onehunga.net.nz' website. Accessed 2008-02-10)</ref> In the late 1830s, before Europeans arrived in larger numbers in the area, it was the main settlement for [[Ngāti Whātua]], who had moved back to the northern shore of the Manukau Harbour after retreating to the Waikato during the [[Musket Wars]].<ref name=SOLDIERS/>
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