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Hotunui meeting house

Hotunui meeting house

Hotunui is the great meeting house of the Hauraki peoples. Built as a marriage present by the Ngāti Awa tribe, Hotunui once stood at Pārāwai near Thames, where this photograph was taken. It is now held at the Auckland Museum.

About this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, Burton Brothers Collection
Reference: PA7-05-19
Photograph by Burton Brothers

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal. 'Marutūahu tribes', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/marutuahu-tribes/4/2