Story: Ngāti Maniapoto

Tainui anchor at Mōkau (3rd of 3)

Tainui anchor at Mōkau

Some years ago, a European carried the Tainui anchor off to New Plymouth. Pēpene Eketone and other Māori leaders obtained a court order requiring him to restore it to its original site near Mōkau.

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Tūhuatahi Tui Adams and Paul Meredith, 'Ngāti Maniapoto - Lineage, lands and settlements', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/3938/tainui-anchor-at-mokau (accessed 24 April 2024)

Story by Tūhuatahi Tui Adams and Paul Meredith, published 8 Feb 2005, updated 22 Mar 2017