Karanga-a-Hape
Call of Hape

Te Karanga a Hape - The Call of Hape. Named after Hape, who is fabled to have come here on a whai (stingray) named Kaiwhare.

The story goes that Hape was left behind by the Tainui waka due to having a clubbed foot, he waited on the shores of his homeland looking for a sign and Kaiwhare let Hape ride on their back getting him to Aotearoa before the Tainui Waka had arrived.

As his people disembarked on the shores of the Waitemata Harbour, Hape stood on the ridge and called out to those on the beach. The ridge became known as Te Karanga a Hape - The Place of the Calling of Hape.

Te Ara o Karangahape - The Path of Karangahape. An ancient walking route used by Māori to reach the Manukau Harbour. The route continues along Great North Road to Point Chevalier then turns south to Avondale and then on to Cornwallis at the Manukau Heads. Karangahape Road and Symonds Street are older than Queen Street or any other thoroughfare in central Auckland which were only laid out by the Government Surveyor Felton Mathew in 1840.