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TE HAU KI TURANGA - (Te Ao Hou - No. 4 Autumn 1953)
- Date
- Autumn 1953
- By
- Maori Affairs DepartmentMaori Affairs Department
- Publisher
- Te Ao Hou
- Description
The slab shown on this page belongs to what is probably the finest carved house in existence—Te Hau Ki Turanga—now in the Dominion Museum, Wellington. This house was carved under the direction of Raharuhi Rukupo of Ngati Kaipoho in 1842–1843. It is said to be the first Maori house carved with steel tools. These tools were mostly made by the Maoris ...
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- Crown copyright
- Source
- Te Ao Hou - No. 4 (Autumn 1953)
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