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Showing 7 Dec - 31 March: Toka Tū
Toka Tū
December 6 — March 30
Celebrating Strength and Resilience in Mahi Toi
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.