Author: VERCOE, The Rt. Rev. WHAKAHUIHUI.
Title: Royal New Zealand Navy Ship 'Te Mana' The Ceremony of Te tainga O Te kawa (The Lifting of the Tapu).
Description: First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 4 (covers); original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy. 10 May 1997. HMNZS Te Mana (F111) is one of ten Anzac-class frigates and one of two serving in the Royal New Zealand Navy. The name Te Mana is Maori, approximately translating as 'status' or 'authority'.

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