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Kurahaupō Rock, Takapaukura

Kurahaupō Rock, Takapaukura

Kurahaupō Rock, Takapaukura

This is the rock in Takapaukura (Tom Bowling Bay), near North Cape, to which Pōhurihanga, the captain of the Kurahaupō canoe, is said to have tied the canoe on its arrival. Ngāti Kurī trace their descent from Pōhurihanga.

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