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= Ihumātao Mission Station = Ihumātao Mission Station was established in 1846, through the efforts of the Ngāti Tamaoho rangatira Ēpiha Pūtini (also known as Jabez Bunting, and originally Te Rangiata-ahua). It was located on the Ihumātao Peninsula, and led by the Wesleyan Methodist Church. The mission station remained active for the next twenty years, until in 1863, a proclamation was released by Governor George Grey prior to th e Waikato Wars, calling for all Māori living in the Manukau district to either pledge an oath of allegiance to the Queen, and give up all arms, or be exiled into the Waikato. The majority of Māori opted for the latter, and the mission station fell into inactivity and ceased to exist shortly after.