Six new pou whenua carvings have been unveiled alongside a major highway south of Hastings.
Pou whenua are Māori carved wooden posts and half a dozen were unveiled on Thursday alongside State Highway 2 at Pakipaki, outside Te Kura o Pakipaki School.
They stand up to 5m high and mark the conclusion of road improvements outside the school.
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Waka Kotahi senior project manager Jacob Laird said the pou whenua were a fitting landmark at the southern end of the Hawke’s Bay Expressway, and the project was a partnership between mana whenua, the Pakipaki community and Waka Kotahi.