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This wooden cenotaph at Te Kōura marae, between Ōngarue and Taumarunui, was made by renowned carver Tene Waitere of Ngāti Tarāwhai as a memorial to those who died in the influenza epidemic of 1918. It is estimated this epidemic killed 5% of the Māori population.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Albert Percy Godber Collection (PA-Group-00048)
Reference: APG-0786-1/2-G
by Albert Percy Godber
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