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Tangi-te-korowhiti

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Tangi-te-korowhiti

When the Tainui canoe pulled ashore at Kāwhia after its long journey from Hawaiki, it was tied to this pōhutukawa tree, named Tangi-te-korowhiti.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, W. A. Collis Collection

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Waikato tribes – Waikato landmarks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1718/tangi-te-korowhiti (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.