Whanaunga
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Whanaunga is the ancestral founder and eponymous ancestor of the Māori iwi Ngāti Whanaunga, one of the tribes of the Hauraki region in Aotearoa New Zealand.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Whanaunga canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16895794 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whanaunga Context triple: [Ngāti Whanaunga, ancestralFounder, Whanaunga]
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A.
Onerahi
Onerahi is a coastal suburb of Whangārei in Northland, New Zealand, known for its harbour views and proximity to Whangārei Airport.
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B.
Wharekauri
Wharekauri is the Māori name for the remote Chatham Islands archipelago east of mainland New Zealand.
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C.
Kaiwharawhara
Kaiwharawhara is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located on the city’s northern waterfront and known for its industrial areas, transport links, and proximity to the harbour.
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D.
Whakahoro
Whakahoro is a remote riverside settlement in New Zealand’s central North Island, known as a key access point and stopover on the Whanganui Journey and other outdoor recreation routes.
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E.
Ngāpuhi
Ngāpuhi is the largest iwi (tribe) in Aotearoa New Zealand, based in the Northland region and central to the country’s early colonial and Treaty of Waitangi history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whanaunga Target entity description: Whanaunga is the ancestral founder and eponymous ancestor of the Māori iwi Ngāti Whanaunga, one of the tribes of the Hauraki region in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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A.
Onerahi
Onerahi is a coastal suburb of Whangārei in Northland, New Zealand, known for its harbour views and proximity to Whangārei Airport.
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B.
Wharekauri
Wharekauri is the Māori name for the remote Chatham Islands archipelago east of mainland New Zealand.
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C.
Kaiwharawhara
Kaiwharawhara is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located on the city’s northern waterfront and known for its industrial areas, transport links, and proximity to the harbour.
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D.
Whakahoro
Whakahoro is a remote riverside settlement in New Zealand’s central North Island, known as a key access point and stopover on the Whanganui Journey and other outdoor recreation routes.
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E.
Ngāpuhi
Ngāpuhi is the largest iwi (tribe) in Aotearoa New Zealand, based in the Northland region and central to the country’s early colonial and Treaty of Waitangi history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Ngāti Whanaunga iwi
subject linked to:
Ngāti Whanaunga iwi
subject linked to:
Ngāti Whanaunga iwi