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Kōrero: Pounamu – jade or greenstone

Toka pounamu ki Te Papa Tongarewa

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Touchstone, Te Papa

Ko Mauri te ingoa o tēnei toka pounamu, ka tū ki Rongomaraeroa, te marae i Te Papa Tongarewa. Nā te iwi o Ngāi Tahu i takoha mai; ko rātou ngā kaitiaki o te pounamu. E ai ki te kōrero ka tiakina e te toka nei ngā mahi Māori katoa ki runga i te marae.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: E.002656/22

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Pounamu – jade or greenstone – Ngāi Tahu and pounamu, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/7673/toka-pounamu-ki-te-papa-tongarewa (accessed 10 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.