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Tainui anchor at Mōkau

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<em>Tainui</em> anchor at Mōkau

Some years ago, a European carried the Tainui anchor off to New Plymouth. Pēpene Eketone and other Māori leaders obtained a court order requiring him to restore it to its original site near Mōkau.

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Tūhuatahi Tui Adams and Paul Meredith, Ngāti Maniapoto – Lineage, lands and settlements, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3938/tainui-anchor-at-mokau (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Tūhuatahi Tui Adams and Paul Meredith, published 4 March 2009, updated 22 March 2017.