This monument, known as the Arawa soldiers’ memorial, includes carvings of ‘Ngā pūmanawa e waru’, the eight beating hearts of Te Arawa – a reference to the eight children of the ancestor Rangitihi, from whom Te Arawa tribes trace their descent. It stands in the Government Gardens in Rotorua and is a tribute to the participation of the tribes in the First World War.
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Te Ara (not verified)
15 o Oketopa 2010
Rangitihi had seven boys and
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06 o Oketopa 2010
the little man is just about
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25 o Hūrae 2010
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