One of the highlights of the Tuia 250 flotilla's visit to the Bay of Islands was a ceremony at Mangahawea Bay on Moturua Island, site of one of the oldest known human settlements in New Zealand, where one of the Tahitian sailors unveiled a pou signifying the site's importance.
![The Tahitian ocean-going canoe Fa'afaite follows the Maori waka hourua Haunui and Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti to Mangahawea Bay. Photo / Peter de Graaf](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/AG6U43R3Q3HMZEVHRXOCD33Z4A.jpg?auth=587628fe453f91bffcb336d73955eb0c4db93990ec571a3c091b48afe9c313d3&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
![The waka hourua Haunui on its way from Rawhiti to Mangahawea Bay. Photo / Peter de Graaf](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/OJ2B6QS344DVBFF2OTJZ4T72A4.jpg?auth=f2e09dc9882dde371c7002db56d0a7006a9781ec4aff89a0400e78d200f56d0c&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
![Sir Hekenukumai Busby's waka hourua Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti leaves Rawhiti ahead of a pou unveiling ceremony at Mangahawea Bay. Photo / Peter de Graaf](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/WZSNIJSMH4EXOTERJJXSJSNHNQ.jpg?auth=0d82239128f102bdbdef461500af0fea442119265906f17321ed14e815fc1e6d&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
![Sir Hekenukumai Busby's waka hourua Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti on its way from Rawhiti to Mangahawea Bay. Photo / Peter de Graaf](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/K25RHD6DXC3IFCLULYCT4MZT4A.jpg?auth=31307da25b358934dac19965bd30f1f6afd0bc029434f059ca5401c8250b174e&width=16&height=6&quality=70&smart=true)