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Story: Canoe traditions

Marking the Tainui canoe

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Marking the <em>Tainui</em> canoe

The Tainui was finally interred at Te Ahurei, beside Kāwhia Harbour. Two upright stones, one visible in the middle distance, mark the bow and stern of the canoe.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Canoe traditions – Te Arawa and Tainui, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2342/marking-the-tainui-canoe (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 4 March 2009.