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    • Illustration depicting Kupe slaying Te Wheke-o-Muturangi.
    Rights: Crown Copyright Reserved. Artwork commissioned from Cliff Whiting and reproduced with permission of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa. Published 11 January 2016 Size: 100 KB Referencing Hub media

    Cliff Whiting’s illustration depicts Kupe slaying Te Wheke-o-Muturangi (the octopus of Muturangi), which he pursued across the Pacific Ocean to Aotearoa.

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      Kupe and modern voyaging

      In this activity, students read a legend of Kupe. They compare this with modern-day voyaging without navigational instruments to work out what might have happened during the Polynesian migration ...

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