Story: Ranginui – the sky
Auahi-roa and auahi-tūroa, meaning ‘long smoke trails’, were two names for comets. In this 1882 photograph, a comet’s trail can be seen over Mt Taranaki (Egmont) and the village of Parihaka.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-003184; F
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