The ritual continues as Maori bring the fire from the mountain to the Whanganui River, or Te Awa Tupua, the river of sacred power. Maori tribes have controlled, cared for, and depended on the ...
In March and April 1921 several weeks were spent by Elsdon Best, Johannes Anderson and James McDonald, of the Dominion Museum, at Koriniti, Hiruharama and Pipiriki in the Whanganui River valley.
Wairoa District Council has also endorsed the 170m-wide and 2m-deep floodway, known as Option 1C, as its preferred course for the Wairoa River to take in times of flood. The floodway would also ...