Ngāti Awa
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Ngāti Awa is a Māori iwi centred in the eastern Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand. It is made of 22 hapū, with 15,258 people claiming affiliation to the iwi in 2006. The Ngāti Awa people are primari
Pūtauaki, ancestral mountain of Ngāti Awa.
Carving representing Tihori, ancestor of the Māori tribe Ngāti Awa of Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
Mātaatua
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Mātaatua was one of the great voyaging canoes by which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand, according to Māori tradition. Māori traditions say that the Mātaatua was initially sent from Hawaiki to brin
Kūmara (sweet potato) tubers
Te Aurere, a modern reconstruction of a sea-going waka (canoe)
Modern sculpture of Wairaka at Whakatāne
Mānuka tree