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Kōrero: Ngā heke i te Wai Nui

Matapaia nō Teouma, Whenuatū

Matapaia nō Teouma, Whenuatū

I te takiwā o te tau 1000 BC ka tere te hōrapa o te iwi Lapita atu i Ngā Moutere Horomona ki ngā huinga motu o Poronihia Tawhiti: a Whenuatū, Ngā Moutere Loyalty, Kanaki, Whītī, Tonga, Hāmoa. Ka kore haere ngā whakanikoniko o ngā matapaia, kīia ai e ngā mātai whaipara tangata ēnei momo matapaia, he Polynesian plainware. Nāwai ā, ka ngaro ngā toi matapaia ki te nuinga o ngā moutere.

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Geoff Irwin. 'Ngā heke i te Wai Nui', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 4-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/nga-heke-i-te-wai-nui/4/1