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Kōrero: Ngā tupu mai i Hawaiki – plants from Polynesia

Rua kūmara

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Rua kūmara

He tapawhā te hanga o tēnei rua kūmara, he rauwhare te tuanui. Ko te wairere kei te taha matau o te tuanui. Mō ētahi rua, kei roto kē te wairere i te rua, ka puare mā tētahi awakari. Ka whakairi ngā kete kūmara ki ngā whata.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Reference: Helen Leach, 1,000 years of gardening in New Zealand. Wellington: Reed Publishing, 1984, p. 36

by Nancy Tichborne

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Louise Furey, Ngā tupu mai i Hawaiki – plants from Polynesia – Kūmara, hue and aute, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/17501/rua-kumara (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Louise Furey, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.