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Kōrero: Kūmara

Te hōrapa o ngā whakahoutanga a te Māori ki ngā tikanga whakatipu.

Ka whakaatu te mahere nei i te hōrapa o te ahuwhenua Māori – ngā oneone panoni, ngā rua tango kirikiri, ngā takotoranga kōhatu (rārangi, pūkai, putunga, whakaōritenga), ngā awakari kei runga puke me ngā awakari kei ngā whenua powharu. Ka raweke e te Māori te oneone ki te whakamahana me te pana wai mā te tāpiri i te kirikiri, te one rānei ka tangohia i ngā rua tango kirikiri. Ka kitea ngā rārangi kōhatu i ngā whenua he nui te kōhatu i whakaemia kia pai ai mō te whakatipu, i whakarārangitia rānei ngā kōhatu hei tohu kei hea ngā ripa tauārai. Ko te whakapae, whakatipuria ai he kai ki ētahi o aua rārangi.

Puna: Louise Furey, Māori gardening: an archaeological perspective. Te Whanganui-a-Tara: Department of Conservation, 2006

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Reference: Louise Furey, Māori gardening: an archaeological perspective. Wellington: Department of Conservation, 2006

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Peter Adds. 'Kūmara', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/kumara/1/2