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• Te Awatea Hou

  Te Awatea Hou - the stories behind the carvings   In 1990 a Top of the South Island Waka Taua  was built by Te Runanganui o Te Tau Ihu o...

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• Story guidelines

  Guidelines for public submissions to The Prow One of the most exciting aspects of this project is that you can add your own stories to the website using...

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• The Murchison Earthquake

  *Shaky Ground* For centuries before Europeans arrived, Māori had experienced rū whenua - ‘the shaking of the land'. According to Māori tradition, earthquakes are caused by the god Rūaumoko (or...

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• Plane crash at Takaka

  Max Heath survived World War II as a fighter pilot, came home to Takaka and not long after, was killed in a plane crash.1 The 25-year-old warrant officer from...

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• Women artists

  FRANK, Rosaline (1864-1954) Rosaline Margaret Frank (or Rose Frank) was one of New Zealand's first professional women photographers, and the first in Nelson. She was born on 21 December...

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