Takitimu
Pou-pou or Slabs (Posts)
Pou-pou or Slabs (Posts).
On these pou-pou, which correspond with each side of the walls of the building and supporting the heke (rafters) are carved the representative figures of the main ancestors of the Maori people of New Zealand, whose names are indicated by silver plates fixed on them, and whose respective histories have been recorded in this book.