In Māori tradition the remarkable spherical boulders on Moeraki beach are eel pots -- or baskets of kūmara (sweet potato) washed ashore from the Ārai-te-uru voyaging canoe. To scientists the boulders are concretions, formed around 60 million years ago from sediment and calcite.
Moeraki boulders,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/ngai-tahu/4/2
North Otago,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/otago-places/2
Canoes of the South Island,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/canoe-traditions/8
Kūmara,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/kumara
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