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Maori women with kūmara

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Maori women with kūmara

Ngāwini (left) and Ngahuia Hetaraka are filling their kete with kūmara (sweet potato) tubers, in Awanui, Northland.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Gardens – Māori gardens, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18860/maori-women-with-kumara (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.