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Kōrero: Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy

He rīwai

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Potato crop

He whakaāhua tēnei o tētahi pā tūwatawata i te tau 1845, ā, ka kite koe i te māra rīwai (kei runga, taha matau). Nō muri tata i te kawenga tuatahi mai o te rīwai, kua tīmata te Māori te whakatō rīwai mō te hoko. I kaha te mahi pēnei ki Te Tai Tokerau hei hoko atu ki ngā kaipatu wēra. He pērā rawa te whakahirahira o te rīwai me te poaka, he roa ngā tau ka whakamahia pērā i te moni ki Aotearoa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-079-031

by Cyprian Bridge

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.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy – Early trade with Pākehā, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/25762/he-riwai (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 12 April 2010.