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Kāwhia

Kāwhia

Kāwhia

Kāwhia is the citadel of Tainui identity, history and culture. It was here that the Tainui canoe finally came to rest after voyaging from Hawaiki. This photograph, taken about 1910, shows Kāwhia with the harbour in the background.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-19363-F
Photograph by Enos Silvanus Pegler

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.




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