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For weeks and months following the wreck, bones washed ashore along the
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Te Kura o Mātihetihe is a coeducational full primary (years 1–8) school with a roll of 15 students as of August 2024. The school was founded in 1890, and was initially a part-time Native School taught at the Mātihetihe whare.
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Another story is that the great chief More Te
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term meaning "to lick", a reference to the belief that the souls of the dead, on their way to
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