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Story: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration

Kurahaupō

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<em>Kurahaupō</em>

The Kurahaupō, one of the early exploring canoes, is known to many tribes. This mural shows it arriving in New Zealand, together with a taniwha (supernatural creature) which guided it. The painting is in front of the meeting house on Te Hotu Manawa o Rangitāne marae.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration – Coastal explorers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14133/kurahaupo (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 1 March 2009.

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Moko o Tanekare
19 May 2013
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