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Kōrero: Kurī – Polynesian dogs

Ngā tānga kōhatu

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Rock drawings

He tānga ēnei ki te toka kīia ai ko Ford’s, kei te awa o Ōpihi i Te Wai Pounamu. Tēnā titiro ki ngā pikitia kei raro iho; te āhua nei he kurī.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: B.10777

by Theo Schoon

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, Kurī – Polynesian dogs – What is the kurī?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16219/nga-tanga-kohatu (accessed 11 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.