Kōrero: Pounamu

Te hei tiki a Taiaroa

Te hei tiki a Taiaroa

Kotahi anake te taha o te nuinga o ngā hei tiki. Heoi anō tēnei hei tiki, kua whakairotia ngā taha e rua. Nā tērā rangatira o Ngāi Tahu nā Te Mātenga Taiaroa te taonga. I tōna matenga ka riro te hei tiki i tana tama a Hōri Kerei Taiaroa, mema pāremata Māori mō Te Wai Pounamu i ōna rā.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Basil Keane, 'Pounamu - Ngā taputapu me ngā taonga whakarākai', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/object/7652/te-hei-tiki-a-taiaroa (accessed 10 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006