This photograph shows the Waikato River, with Taupiri mountain at left, on the bend of the river. Taupiri is the sacred mountain of the Waikato people. It is remembered in the tribal saying:
Ko Waikato te awa
Ko Taupiri te maunga
Ko Te Wherowhero te tangata.
Waikato is the river
Taupiri is the mountain
Te Wherowhero is the man.
Many Waikato ancestors and chiefs are buried on Taupiri, including all the Māori kings, and the late queen, Dame Te Ātairangikahu.
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Photograph by Lloyd Homer
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Ko taku tupuna noa Te
Ted Turua ngataki (not verified)
23 March 2021
WOW LOVE TAUPRIR MOUNTAIN
SHARNAYAR (not verified)
06 November 2012
About 5-6 years ago I had
Merimeri Anania (not verified)
08 July 2012
My thoughts also Graham.
PJ (not verified)
14 July 2011
Taupiri Mountain does not
Graham Ralls (not verified)
01 January 2011
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