Kōrero: Bay of Plenty region

Maketū memorial

Maketū memorial

This memorial marks the commemorated site of the final landing place of Te Arawa after the voyage from Hawaiki. The cairn was built for the 1940 centenary of the Treaty of Waitangi. These young people of Te Arawa ki Maketū were photographed in 1949.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-032743; F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Malcolm McKinnon, 'Bay of Plenty region - Māori traditions', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5571/maketu-memorial (accessed 26 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, updated 1 Aug 2016