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Kōrero: Kiore – Pacific rats

Rua tōrea

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Pit trap

He rua tōrea tēnei. Ka ngana te kiore kia whakawhiti i te peka rākau kia tae ki te mounu, ka taka ki roto i te rua; nō muri ka kohikohia.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Reference: Elsdon Best, The Maori. Wellington: Board of Maori Ethnological Research for the Author and on behalf of the Polynesian Society, 1924, p. 501

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Bradford Haami, Kiore – Pacific rats – Hunting and eating kiore, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/diagram/16130/rua-torea (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bradford Haami, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.

Comments

Margaret Otimi Kiore
03 August 2022
Tena koe, I am interested in learning more of my Whakapapa Te Otimi Kiore. Thank you Margaret Otimi