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Kōrero: Rongoā – medicinal use of plants

Te hika ahi

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Making fire

Nā Gottfried Lindauer te tānga nei, he Māori onamata kei te hika i tana ahi. Ko te kaunati tērā te rākau koikoi, he kaikōmako pea, kei te hikahika ki te māhoe, he ngāwari hoki te kiko o taua rākau. Ka tata ki te mura, ka ūhia ki te puehu rākau, pūkohu rānei.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki

by Gottfried Lindauer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rhys Jones, Rongoā – medicinal use of plants – Understanding rongoā, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/14587/te-hika-ahi (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rhys Jones, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.