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Te Awamutu is a town in the Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the council seat of the Waipa District and serves as a service town for the farming communities which surround it. Te Awamutu is located some 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Hamilton on State Highway 3, one of the two main routes south from Auckland and Hamilton.
The Battle of Hingakaka was fought nearby, and the sacred carving Te Uenuku lost at this time. It was re-discovered in 1906, and now resides in the Te Awamutu Museum. [2] In 2016 a pou, representing 7 atua, was erected near the spot where Te Uenuku is thought to have been found. [3] The Ngaroto Drainage Board was formed in 1898. [4]
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There are 24 World Heritage Sites in Brazil, and a further 22 sites on its tentative list. The first site in Brazil, the Historic Town of Ouro Preto, was inscribed on the list at the 4th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Paris, France in 1980. [4] The most recent site, the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, was inscribed in ...
The National Historic Heritage of Brazil are buildings, monuments, structures, objects and sites deemed of historic or cultural importance to the country. The register is maintained by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage of Brazil. This designation insures protection under federal law.
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The carving was found buried close to the lake's shore in 1906 when a farmer was draining swampland, and spent some time in the R.W. Bourne collection before being acquired by the Te Awamutu Museum. [citation needed] The work was the centrepiece of the Te Maori exhibition which toured North America and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. [6]
It is situated 10 seconds after the Woodstock Bridge. Due to being a low-lying stream, there is a very slow water flow. In many places of the stream there are willow trees blocking the way but are easy enough to push out of the way. The willow trees get very dense when entering the Te Awamutu area, and kayaking past them is impossible.