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Kōrero: Soil investigation

Māori agriculture

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Māori agriculture

This mural, formerly in the foyer of the Soil Bureau building at Taitā, was the work of E. Mervyn Taylor. It shows New Zealand’s first Polynesian arrivals cultivating the land. They had to adapt an agricultural tradition based on tropical conditions to a cooler climate.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

New Zealand Society of Soil Science

by E. Mervyn Taylor

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

P. J. Tonkin, Soil investigation – First observations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/14179/maori-agriculture (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā P. J. Tonkin, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.