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Story: Te Āti Awa of Wellington

Te Aro Park

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Te Aro Park

Te Aro Park in central Wellington (between Manners and Dixon streets) marks part of the site of the major , Te Aro. The park, designed by ceramics artist Shona Rapira Davies, is in the shape of a canoe, with the prow on the extreme right of the photograph.

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Reference: 00517:6:1480-B7

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Morris Love, Te Āti Awa of Wellington – After 1840, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1288/te-aro-park (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Morris Love, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.