Story: Kōrero taiao – sayings from nature
The waves, salt and wind all contribute to the lines of erosion etched in the Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki. Erosion by the sea is seen as Hinemoana (a female personification of the sea) gnawing away at the land.
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Photograph by Ferne McKenzie
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