Te Rēinga Falls
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Te Rēinga Falls
This painting from the 1880s by Edward Roper Stapleton Sandys evokes the grandeur of the Te Rēinga falls in inland Gisborne. The local tribe, Ngā Hine Hika, believe that a taniwha (water monster), Hinekōrako, lives beneath the falls.
Download the document to read a story of Hinekōrako written by pupils at Te Rēinga Maori School in the 1950s (55 KB).
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: C-075-013
Pastel drawing by Edward Roper Stapleton Sandys
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.
