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Kōrero: Canoe traditions

Te Mete (Stephenson Percy Smith)

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Stephenson Percy Smith

Nā Te Mete (S. Percy Smith), te kaiwhakaū o te Rōpū Poronihiana te ariā o te Heke Nui i hanga. I mahi ngātahi a ia i te taha o Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury, te pūkenga Māori. Nā Harry Fookes tēnei whakaahua o Smith i tā i te tau 1917.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: G-487

by Harry Fookes

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

Rāwiri Taonui, Canoe traditions – The meaning of canoe traditions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/2296/te-mete-stephenson-percy-smith (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009.