Story: Canoe traditions

The Mercury Islands

The Mercury Islands

Commanded by Pāoa, the Horouta canoe landed at Ahuahu (Great Mercury Island), pictured in the foreground.

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Photograph by Lloyd Homer

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Rāwiri Taonui, 'Canoe traditions - Canoes of the East Coast', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/2357/the-mercury-islands (accessed 4 December 2023)

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 8 Feb 2005