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    Rights: Dr Peter Phillips, Arawai Published 13 November 2014 Size: 220 KB Referencing Hub media

    Diagram of the Te Aurere built by Hekenukumai Busby in 1991–1992. This was New Zealand’s first waka hourua.

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