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Kōrero: Tribal organisation

He whānau e ngaki kūmara ana

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An extended family cultivate kūmara

I ngā wā o mua neke atu i te 20 ki te 30 te tokomaha o te whānau Māori. I te nuinga o te wā ka rāhuitia he kāinga ake mō te whānau i roto i te papakāinga, ā, ka tukuna he wāhanga o te māra kūmara ki a rātou. Kei te whakaahua nei tētahi whānau e ngaki ana i tō rātou māra kūmara. Kei muri te tokorua e keri ana i te one me ō rāua kō, ko ngā wāhine kei te keri i te one me ētahi karaone. He tokorua kei muri e kawe ana i ngā kete kūmara e iri ana i tētahi pou. Kei te rumaki kūmara tētahi o ngā wāhine.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-023-017

by Russell Stuart Clark

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

Rāwiri Taonui, Tribal organisation – Whānau, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/976/he-whanau-e-ngaki-kumara-ana (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009.