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Listen to Waikato elder Piri Poutapu reciting an ancient karakia in preparation for felling a giant tōtara in 1974. The massive log was then carved into the hull of a war canoe. This was one of the very few traditional carved canoes made in the 20th century, until a revival of canoe-building around 1990.
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