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Meeting monuments: paddock monument

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Meeting monuments: paddock monument

In 2009 this monument was erected on the site of the 1857 meeting known as Te Puna o te Roimata. The stainless steel pou whenua (land post) was made by Tutunui Te Kanawa and his sons, of Ngāti Maniapoto descent. It was unveiled by the Māori King, Tūheitia, during a three-day celebration attended by more than 2,000 people.

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Kerryn Pollock, King Country region – Māori and European contact, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/35959/meeting-monuments-paddock-monument (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 6 December 2011, updated 1 March 2015.