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Best Elsdon 1917. The land of Tara and they who settled it. Journal of the Polynesian Society 26: 143-169

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Tara is Port Nicholson.

p.147. Kupe and followers moved from Wellington Harbour to Sinclair Head, which they named Te Rimurapa. Used quantities of rimurapa (bull kelp) to store food.

p.167. When canoe Takitimu was at Te Awa-a taia (on Wellington harbour) being relashed, the gum of houhou (Pseudopanax arboreus) worked into lashing holes.

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The land of Tara and they who settled it

1917
Best Elsdon
Journal of the Polynesian Society
26
143
169

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