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Kōrero: Take whenua

Te ahi kā

Te ahi kā

Nā John Backhouse tēnei whakaahua, he pā Māori i Te Ika-a-Māui i te tekau tau atu i 1880. Tērā te wahine e toutou ana i te ahi. Ko te kōrero a te pūkenga rā a Te Rangi Hīroa (Peter Buck), ka tahuna ngā ahi hei tunu kai ki runga i te whenua me te aha, ka noho te ahi kā hei kupu whakarite mō te noho ki tētahi whenua mō te wā roa.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: E-053-012
Oil on board by John Philemon Backhouse

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Paul Meredith. 'Take whenua', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/take-whenua/2/3