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Kōrero: Kūmara

Rua kūmara

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Rua kūmara

Ko te rua kūmara hei pupuri i ngā kūmara ka kainga, ka puritia rānei mō te tau kei te tū. He kūaha, he taupoki rānei hei kati i te rua. Keria ai ngā rua ki ngā taha o ngā hiwi (1), keria rānei kia rite ki te pere te āhua (2). He awa hei pana wai (3 me te 4). He tuanui tō ētahi o ngā rua rahi (4 me te 5). Tērā ētahi atu rua pakupaku iho he tapawhā te takoto; keria ai ēnei ki ngā wāhi mārakerake, ki roto rānei i tētahi whare nui atu, tētahi rua nui atu rānei.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Janet Davidson, Prehistory of New Zealand. Auckland: Longman Paul, 1987

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Peter Adds, Kūmara – Tools and storage pits, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/diagram/17370/rua-kumara (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peter Adds, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.

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Darien
18 June 2012
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