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Kōrero: Te whānau tamariki – pregnancy and birth

Te whaea Māori e whāngote ana

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Māori mother breastfeeding

Te mama e whāngote ana i tōna tamaiti i te takiwā o te tau 1849. I mua i te taenga mai o te Pākehā, ko te waiū tonu te kai tika mō ngā ririki.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0032-6

by Richard Aldworth Oliver

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

Hope Tupara, Te whānau tamariki – pregnancy and birth – Rites and baby care, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/27629/te-whaea-maori-e-whangote-ana (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Hope Tupara, i tāngia i te 23 March 2011, updated 1 June 2017.