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Meeting house restoration, Minginui

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Meeting house restoration, Minginui

At Minginui the local community has rallied in the 2000s to upgrade housing and restore the meeting house, Hine-nui-te-pō, at Waikotikoti marae. Here a member of the Kohiti whānau (family) paints the carvings on the building.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Bay of Plenty places – Whirinaki area, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/5745/meeting-house-restoration-minginui (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.