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The carving illustrated above depicts Hatupatu swimming back to his home on Mokoia Island. The one on page 30 shows Kurangaituku the Bird-Woman chasing him; her pet birds and lizards are also depicted. Both photographs are by Theo Schoon. The carving of Kurangaituku was on the door of the meeting-house Nuku-te-apiapi which formerly stood outside the entrance to Whakarewarewa at Rotorua, and the carving of Hatupatu was on the shutter of the window. This meeting-house, now demolished, was carved by Tene Waitere and Neke Kapua, and erected in 1905. The photograph on the back cover shows the raparapa (lower end) of one of the maihi (bargeboards) of the house.