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Typed on piece of paper glued to back: “Komokarau – The Burial Place of Chiefs. It was a drifting sand face. A hole was dug at the base and the drifting sand completed the covering. Now grown over. Situated about opposite the refuse dump 1/4 mile north of Hokio Beach Road.”

Komokarau the burial place of chiefs. Situated across the Hokio Stream north of the entrance to the present landfill (2001).

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0063a)

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

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