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Kōrero: Take whenua – Māori land tenure

Te ahi kā

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Te ahi kā – a lit fire

Nā John Backhouse tēnei whakaahua, he pā Māori i Te Ika-a-Māui i te tekau tau atu i 1880. Tērā te wahine e toutou ana i te ahi. Ko te kōrero a te pūkenga rā a Te Rangi Hīroa (Peter Buck), ka tahuna ngā ahi hei tunu kai ki runga i te whenua me te aha, ka noho te ahi kā hei kupu whakarite mō te noho ki tētahi whenua mō te wā roa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: E-053-012

by John Philemon Backhouse

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Paul Meredith, Take whenua – Māori land tenure – Take whenua – principles of land-use rights, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/18381/te-ahi-ka (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Meredith, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.