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Story: Maramataka – the lunar calendar

Harvesting time

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Harvesting time

Poutū-te-rangi (February−March) was the time to harvest kūmara (sweet potato), shown here being collected in flax baskets.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Northwood Collection (PA-Group-00027)

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Paul Meredith, Maramataka – the lunar calendar – Lunar months, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/5386/harvesting-time (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Meredith, published 2 March 2009.