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Story: Kurī – Polynesian dogs

Rock drawings

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Rock drawings

These rock drawings are at Ford’s hanging rock, Ōpihi River, in the South Island. The pictures at the bottom have been interpreted as kurī.

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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Basil Keane, Kurī – Polynesian dogs – What is the kurī?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16219/rock-drawings (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 1 March 2009.