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Tamatekapua whare rūnanga (meeting house)

Tamatekapua whare rūnanga (meeting house)

Tamatekapua whare rūnanga (meeting house)

Chiefs sometimes reserved land by naming it after parts of their body. Tamatekapua, the captain of the Te Arawa migratory canoe, claimed the Ōkūrei peninsula (Te Kūreitanga-o-te-ihu-o-Tamatekapua, in full) at Maketū by comparing it to the bridge of his nose. This whare rūnanga (meeting house) at Ōhinemutu, Rotorua, is named after Tamatekapua.

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Auckland Art Gallery - Toi o Tamaki
Photograph by Josiah Martin

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