Story: Canoe traditions

Rāhiri marae, Dargaville

Rāhiri marae, Dargaville

Most of the carvers who worked on Rāhiri marae, completed in 1914, were of Ngāti Porou from the East Coast. Above each window is a canoe, one marked ‘Matatua’ in recognition of the Mataatua canoe, and the other marked ‘Matawhaorua’. The two canoes are of major importance to the local people.

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Rāwiri Taonui, 'Canoe traditions - Canoes of the northern tide', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/2320/rahiri-marae-dargaville (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 8 Feb 2005