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Showing now: Te Ao Hurihuri
Te Ao Hurihuri
April 12 — July 27
Te Ao Hurihuri
Te Pou Tāhuhu a Kūkupa
Ongoing
Tohunga whakairo/carver: Chris Bailey 2022
Timber: Totara, stained
The name: Pou tāhuhu are posts which support the ridge pole of a wharenui (meeting house). Kūkupa is an important tupuna (ancestor) for Te Parawhau.