Story: Kiore – Pacific rats

Kiore window

Kiore window

Roma Marae is in Ahipara, Northland, and belongs to the Te Rarawa people. The frame of the wharenui, Ōhākī, is carved with kiore, showing the importance of these rats to Te Rarawa.

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Roma Marae
Photograph by Anna Dunford

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Bradford Haami, 'Kiore – Pacific rats - Traditions', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/16123/kiore-window (accessed 24 April 2024)

Story by Bradford Haami, published 24 Nov 2008