Te Motu o Poutoa

Painting three small people across a river at the bottom of white cliffs with green vegetation.

Plans to build Te Motu o Poutoa - Civic Marae and Cultural Centre are underway. Once a significant and strategic pa site for Rangitāne, Ruma Karaitiana (Rangitāne o Manawatū) will give a historical perspective on why Te Motu o Poutoa is still so important to iwi.

Image: "Painting by Harold Anderson showing a picnic party below the towering cliffs of Te Motu o Poutoa", 1917. Reproduced by New Zealand Historic Places Trust and Ian Matheson Community Archives.

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