Date19 May 2021Reference NumberImage 21-392 to Image 21-448Description72 images taken by Nathan Pettigrew at the opening ceremony of Te Hau Kōmaru National Waka Hourua Festival 2021. The first national scale event of its kind held in Tauranga Moana.
Te Hau Kōmaru established by Jack Thatcher means "The wind in the sails".Photographer/CreatorPettigrew, Nathan
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