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Detail of carved post from the Maori meeting house Hotunui, Ngati Maru, Hauraki, 19th Century. Tukutuku wall panels visible to right of post. Hotunui was built in 1878 and now stands in the Auckland War Memorial Museum, New Zealand. Photograph taken 20 May 2006 by the uploader. No rights reserved. Kahuroa 18:52, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

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This image was selected as a picture of the day for February 11, 2007. It was captioned as followed: English: Carved post from the Maori meeting house Hotunui in New Zealand. Deutsch: Geschnitzter Pfosten eines Versammlungshauses der Ngati Maru in Neuseeland. Français : Gros plan d'une sculpture Maori du XIXe siècle sur un poteau en bois anciennement dans une maison. Exposé à Auckland au War Memorial Museum. Español: Una escultura maorí del siglo XIX, expuesta en el War Memorial Museum, en Auckland, Nueva Zelanda. Deutsch: Geschnitzter Pfosten eines Versammlungshauses der Ngati Maru in Neuseeland. English: Carved post from the Maori meeting house Hotunui in New Zealand. Esperanto: Maoria skuptaĵo de 19-a jarcento en War Memorial Museum, en Auckland, Nov-Zelando Español: Una escultura maorí del siglo XIX, expuesta en el War Memorial Museum, en Auckland, Nueva Zelanda. Suomi: Puukaiverrus ja seinäpaneeleita maorien 1800-luvun rukoushuoneen pylväässä Uudessa-Seelannissa Français : Gros plan d'une sculpture Maori du XIXe siècle sur un poteau en bois anciennement dans une maison. Exposé à Auckland au War Memorial Museum. Magyar : XIX. századi maori szobor (War Memorial Museum, Auckland, Új-Zéland) Italiano: Scultura maori del XIX secolo, War Memorial Museum, Auckland, Nuova Zelanda. Polski: Rzeźba Hotunui z 1878 roku w muzeum w Auckland w Nowej Zelandii. Português: Escultura Maori do século XIX na Nova Zelândia. Русский: Скульптура Маори XIX века в Военном Мемориальном Музее Окленда (Новая Зеландия). Svenska: Detalj av träsnideri från ett maoriskt möteshus från 1800-talet. Türkçe: 19. yüzyıl Maori heykeli. Auckland, Yeni Zelanda. 简体中文: 新西兰奥克兰战争博物馆中的19世纪毛利人雕像 繁體中文: 紐西蘭奧克蘭戰爭博物館中的19世紀毛利人雕像