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Story: Ngāti Whātua

Trunk of Tāne Mahuta

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Trunk of Tāne Mahuta

Tāne Mahuta has a trunk with a girth of over 13 metres.

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Private collection

by Peter Hodsell

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Rāwiri Taonui, Ngāti Whātua – Origins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2744/trunk-of-tane-mahuta (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.