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

Teihana patu wēra ki Paremata

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Paremata whaling station

Koinei te teihana patu wēra a Joseph Toms ki Paremata i te tekau tau atu i 1840. I moe a Toms Ko Toms (ko ‘Thoms’ kē te ingoa i te taitara o te pikitia) i te irāmutu a Te Rauparaha, i a Te Tokirikiri. Matua ake, nā ngā Māori i taka kai mā ngā teihana wēra nei, ā, koira i whakamoea ngā kaipatu wēra Pākehā ki ngā wāhine Māori. Ka whakahaere tonu ētahi whānau Māori i ngā teihana wēra whai muri tonu i te katinga haere o ngā mahi patu wēra.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0020-05-3

by Samuel Charles Brees

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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/25764/teihana-patu-wera-ki-paremata (accessed 4 June 2026).

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