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<< Our Photo Pages >> Te Punga a Matori - Sculptured Stone in New Zealand

Submitted by DrewParsons on Tuesday, 25 November 2008  Page Views: 10914

Multi-periodSite Name: Te Punga a Matori Alternative Name: Tokomaru Anchor Stone
Country: New Zealand
NOTE: This site is 161.401 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: New Plymouth
Latitude: 39.05691S  Longitude: 174.071740E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Te Punga a Matori
Te Punga a Matori submitted by DrewParsons : Te Punga a Matori - the anchor stone from the ancestral Tokomaru Canoe. The Tokomaru was one of a number of ocean going canoes which carried Maoris to New Zealand around 800 years ago. There are conflicting stories surrounding the commander of the Tokomaru, one has Manaia as its commander and another has Whata. It carried the peoples who form the tribes around Mt Taranaki also known as Mt Egmon... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Te Punga a Matori is the anchor stone from the Tokomaru Canoe which brought Maori settlers to New Zealand some 800 years ago. It is located in the Puke Ariki Museum in central New Plymouth.

For centuries it was kept on a ridge near the Mohakatino River north of New Plymouth. In 1927 Maori elders decided to lodge it in New Plymouth's museum for safe keeping. It is now housed in the new Puke Ariki Museum in central New Plymouth below Mt Taranaki (also known as Mt Egmont).
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Te Punga a Matori
Te Punga a Matori submitted by DrewParsons : Mt Taranaki, also known as Mt Egmont, dominates the backdrop to New Plymouth where the 800 year old Tokomaru Anchor Stone is housed. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Te Punga a Matori
Te Punga a Matori submitted by DrewParsons : The anchor stone for the Tokomaru Canoe measuring approximately 55cm x 30 cm x 25cm (Vote or comment on this photo)

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