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Story: Tāwhirimātea – the weather

Rows of kūmara (2nd of 3)

Rows of kūmara

Distinctive lines of clouds were compared to rows of kūmara crops in plantations like this.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/1-006265; G

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Basil Keane. 'Tāwhirimātea – the weather', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/tawhirimatea-the-weather/3/4/2