tekoteko
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- Carved figure as a finial on the gable of a Maori house
- A Maori human-form carving
- 2021 January 22, Mina Kerr-Lazenby, “Secret NZ: The historic pā site which lies just north of Auckland's Castor Bay”, in Stuff NZ[1], archived from the original on 25 January 2021:
- The core of the pā, found on the cliff corner, has been reconstructed in recent years to include a traditional Māori fence and a tekoteko.
Maori
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