Story: Te hī ika – Māori fishing
Shaped like an hourglass, this grooved and polished stone has been set into a stone canoe at Mōkau, on the King Country coast. It is reputed to be the punga (anchor stone) of the Tainui – one of the original voyaging canoes that arrived from Polynesia. It is about 1.2 metres long.
About this item
Alexander Turnbull Library, Albert Percy Godber Collection (PAColl-3039)
Reference: APG-1495-1/4; G
Photograph by Albert Percy Godber
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.