"The Hokianga is an area surrounding the Hokianga Harbour, also known as the Hokianga River, a long estuarine drowned valley on the west coast in the north of the North Island of New Zealand.The original name still used by local M\u0101ori is Te Kohanga o Te Tai Tokerau (\"the nest of the northern people\") or Te Puna o Te Ao Marama (\"the wellspring of moonlight\"). The full name of the Harbour is Te Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe \u2013 \"the place of Kupe's great return\"."@en . . .