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Kōrero: Pounamu – jade or greenstone

Hei tiki

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Hei tiki

Nō te pā o Kaiapoi te hei tiki nei, he mea tuku e Poutini Ngāi Tahu ki ō rātou huānga o Kaiapoi. Ko Kaiapoi te pokapū o ngā tauhokohoko pounamu; ka hōrapa te pounamu atu i reira ki ngā pito katoa o Aotearoa. I te mātau ngā Pākehā tōmua mō te tauhokohoko pounamu a te Māori pounamu puta noa i Te Wai Pounamu me Te Ika-a-Māui.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Canterbury Museum

Reference: E163.254

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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/7674/hei-tiki (accessed 10 June 2026).

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