

This memorial at Taipā pays tribute to what is believed to be the first landing of Kupe, the famous Polynesian explorer, who landed in various places in the north during his discovery of Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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Fig 2: Orange, Claudia (2015) Kupe Memorial
‘Northland region – First inhabitants: Māori’, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, Retrieved from http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/7534/kupe-memorial (accessed 11 June 2017)