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Kōrero: Māori architecture – whare Māori

He pā Māori, i te tau 1840

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Māori village, 1840

Nā te tohungatā Wīwī nā Louis Sainson tēnei kāinga Māori i tā i te hekenga tuatoru o Dumont d’Urville ki Aotearoa i ngā tau o 1839-40. He tuanui tō ngā whare, kei te taha matau tētahi tuanui heke. He iti ēnei whare, ā, me ngōki kē te tangata ki te tomo i ngā kūwaha. He tūāhua tēnei o ngā whare Māori i mua i te taenga mai o tauiwi. 

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0034-2-347

by Louis Auguste de Sainson

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

Deidre Brown, Māori architecture – whare Māori – First Māori buildings, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/45730/he-pa-maori-i-te-tau-1840 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Deidre Brown, i tāngia i te 17 June 2014.