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The murder of Tarakiuta and Tarakitai is one of the stories shown in this carved meeting-house at Manutuke, near Gisborne. The long striped thing is one of the kites; behind it are the two boys, on top of it is their uncle (his full name was Rakaitehikuroa), and down below, holding on to the kite's string, is the father, whose full name was Kahutapere. This meeting-house, which is called Te Mana o Turanga, was erected in 1883.