Story: Kurī – Polynesian dogs

Young Nick’s Head

Young Nick’s Head is a prominent headland east of Gisborne. It is also known as Te Kurī-a-Pāoa, named for the lost dog of Pāoa, captain of the Horouta canoe.

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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/16231/young-nicks-head (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 1 March 2009.