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Story: Ngāti Kahungunu

The ancestor Tauheikurī

The ancestor Tauheikurī

This carved figure of Kahungunu’s youngest daughter, Tauheikurī, is held at the Auckland Museum.

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Mere Whaanga, Ngāti Kahungunu – Ngāti Kahungunu become established, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/576/the-ancestor-tauheikuri (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mere Whaanga, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.