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20 Stone Water Urn in Tauranga, New Zealand

Te Taha a Taurikura is a decorative water urn (gourd) carved from Hinuera stone by Tuti Tukaokao. It recalls the Māori legend of Taurikura, a young girl who refused to collect water. Remorseful, she swam down a river towards the harbor. During her journey, she was transformed into a tuatara. These are rare, greenish-gray lizards with evolutionary roots dating back 200 million years. The word means “peaks on the back’ in the Māori language. The two foot reptile lives only on small islands off New Zealand’s northwest coast.

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Stone Water Urn in Tauranga, New Zealand

Spring St & Grey St, Tauranga 3110, New Zealand

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