Māori Battalion pou whenua repaired after young culprit's honesty
One of the carvers, Ronald Petley, said it was disappointing but not uncommon, for carvings with pieces that stuck out. He said he hoped the hand could be replaced and perhaps strengthened. The four-sided pou, also carved by Hayden Parata-Ryland, Syd Eru and master carver John Mutu, featured Te Ātiawa leaders Tohu Kākahi, Te Whiti-o-Rongomai, Ropoama Te One and Te Manu Toheroa. Ropoama Te One was Te Ātiawa chief in 1850, when the New Zealand Government purchased Waitohi and the tribe was relocated to Waikawa. Scott Hammond/Stuff About a week after the pou whenua was unveiled, the hand h...
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