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Te-Papa-tea-o-Ruea, Marae Hauviri, Taputapuatea, Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia

Te-Papa-tea-o-Ruea, or white investiture stone, brought by the god Hiro to found the chiefdoms or ari'i on Raiatea, at the Marae Hauviri or Marae Taura’a-a-tapu, family temple of the Tamatoa clan, at Taputapuatea, at Te Po, in the Opoa valley, on the island of Raiatea, in the Leeward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Hauviri was the welcoming marae which received visitors as they disembarked from their canoes. This site was a meeting place and sacrificial site for travellers from all over the Pacific. In the distance is the Marae Oputeina, a temple platform where visitors would say their farewells. Departing chiefs would take a stone from this marae to use elsewhere in a marae which would be called Marae Taputapuatea. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Te-Papa-tea-o-Ruea, or white investiture stone, brought by the god Hiro to found the chiefdoms or ari'i on Raiatea, at the Marae Hauviri or Marae Taura’a-a-tapu, family temple of the Tamatoa clan, at Taputapuatea, at Te Po, in the Opoa valley, on the island of Raiatea, in the Leeward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Hauviri was the welcoming marae which received visitors as they disembarked from their canoes. This site was a meeting place and sacrificial site for travellers from all over the Pacific. In the distance is the Marae Oputeina, a temple platform where visitors would say their farewells. Departing chiefs would take a stone from this marae to use elsewhere in a marae which would be called Marae Taputapuatea. Picture by Manuel Cohen