Its floors have been coated in a knee-deep sea of mud, but locals say the Tangoio Marae protected its people from the impacts of the storm. Video Mike Scott A hand-carved pou washed into the ...

A Tangoio Marae pou found on a Mahia beach 650 days after it was swept away in Cyclone Gabrielle would likely have sat somewhere nearby until it was moved by natural forces to where it was found ...