August saw the completion of the final cleaning stages for the niho (teeth) of Te Āwhiowhio a Taramakau.
Whānau gathered to clean the 46 whale niho retrieved from the sperm whale that beached on the Serpentine Beach on Queens Birthday Weekend.
Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou e te whānau for all your hard mahi put in over the weekend.
Finished niho of Te Āwhiowhio a Taramakau.
Tamariki, Corbin and Kaedance Mehrtens committed to the mahi on āwhiowhio niho.
Whānau with Te Awhiowhio a Taramakau niho.
Kaumātua Barbara Vaea, her husband Collin and Hemi Meihana working on the niho.