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Carving, Ōhinemutu

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Carving, Ōhinemutu

Traditional carving rarely depicted animals realistically. This more recent carving of Pōtaka Tawhiti’s head, painted white, is in the Tamatekapua meeting house at Ōhinemutu.

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Basil Keane, Kurī – Polynesian dogs – Traditional accounts of kurī, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16228/carving-ohinemutu (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 1 March 2009.