Story: Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation
The peninsula at Maketū was named by Te Arawa chief Tamatekapua after the bridge of his nose. Chiefs often claimed land by naming it after parts of their body, making it tapu (sacred).
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Photograph by Jock Phillips
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