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Kōrero: Māori architecture – whare Māori

He pātaka, i te tekau tau 1840

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Pātaka, 1840s

Nā te tohungatā, kaihōpara hoki o Ingarangi, nā George French Angas i tā ēnei pātaka i ngā tau tōmua o 1840. Ko ngā pātaka whakairo e rua i tū ki Taupō, ā, ko te āhua nei he pātaka kai nā tētahi rangatira. Ko te pātaka iti kei runga kei te taha mauī i tū ki Ahuahu e pātata ana ki Ngāmotu. Ko te āhua nei i hangaia tēnei ki te poro rākau i whakariua. Ko te pātaka kei raro, ki te taha matau i hangaia kē mai ki te takere o tētahi waka. 

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0014-30

by George French Angas

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/45734/he-pataka-i-te-tekau-tau-1840 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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