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“In 1978, I shifted back to live in Ohakune and I took a stronger interest. I met with some of my cousins in the 1980s – Matiu Mareikura, Mark Cribb, Ruka Broughton and, from time to time, John Tahuparae. “We went to Wellington to view it and asked if we could have the object returned either to Pipiriki or to the Whanganui museum.” However, a decision was made to move it to the newly established national museum Te Papa in the 1990s. Despite this, efforts to bring the taonga home continued, Robinson said. The waka maumaharatanga was originally situated about 300m from the water’s edge at the entranceway to Te Kōanga o Rehua on the western bank of the Whanganui River, opposite the current Pipiriki settlement.
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In Foxton Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom opened in 2017 in a former Mitre10 barn. In both languages it means ‘’the new stream’’. It’s in the shadow of a windmill, beside a flax museum, marking that it’s 150 years since this was the centre of a harakeke boom.
In this week’s art journey, Mark Amery takes us on a drive from Foxton, to Palmerston North and on to Masterton. The things that dominate can also be those most taken for granted. The lower North Island is dominated by both the Tararua mountain range and large tracts of farmland. I took a summer Te Hīkoi Toi around the Tararua, from the Horowhenua to the Wairarapa.