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‘The Korotangi: revered Maori relic’

‘The Korotangi: revered Maori relic’

This article in the Manawatu Times of 21 June 1946, reports on the visit of the influential Waikato leader Te Puea Hērangi to the Dominion Museum in Wellington, to see the carved bird, Korotangi.

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Reference: Manawatu Times, 21 June 1946, p. 4.

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, 'Waikato tribes - War and its aftermath', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/document/1746/the-korotangi-revered-maori-relic (accessed 30 March 2024)

Story by Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, published 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 Mar 2017