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Story: Ngāti Rongomaiwahine

Carved lintel depicting Rongomaiwahine

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Carved lintel depicting Rongomaiwahine

Rongomaiwahine is the central figure in this lintel, at Kahungunu marae in Nūhaka.

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Mere Whaanga, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine – Important ancestors, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/229/carved-lintel-depicting-rongomaiwahine (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mere Whaanga, published 4 March 2009, updated 10 February 2015.