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The stone columns
each represent an area of the land from the tops of the mountains through
the river plains to the sea. Erosion on the way formed the land the university
now stands on. The name Te Paepaetapu O Rakaihautu encompasses the region
that the stone represent. Here, Rakaihautu, commander of the Uruao canoe,
which arrived in 850 AD, traversed, rested and explored, creating landmarks
present to this day. The sculpture was named and dedicated by Maurice
Gray, Head of Department, Centre for Maori Studies and Research at Lincoln
University and Maurice Nutira.
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