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Kōrero: When was New Zealand first settled?

Hae nō te repo o Travis (Travis Swamp) i Ōtautahi

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Analysis of pollen from Travis Swamp, Christchurch

Ka tuku e te tipu ana hae, ka pūhia e te hau kia tau ki te whenua, ngā roto me ngā repo. Mā te tango i ētahi tauira mai i ngā papa o tētahi roto, repo rānei, ka taea te āta tātari i ngā hae ka taka ki runga i ngā paparanga para. Ka titiro a Janet Wilmshurst rāua ko Matt McGlone ki ngā rerekētanga ki te āhua o ngā tipu o Aotearoa. Ko ngā tohu mai i te repo o Travis me ētahi atu wāhi kei te kī, whai muri i te rau tau atu i 1200 ki ngā tau tōmua o te rau tau 1300, ka kore ngā hae o te ngahere, kua hua kē ko ngā hae raupo me ngā hae rarauhe. Kāore e kore, nā te tangata ēnei rerekētanga nui, i tana tahutahu ahi hei whakawātea i te ngahere mō te whakatipu kūmara me te aruhe.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Landcare Research – Manaaki Whenua

by Matt McGlone and Janet Wilmshurst

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Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Geoff Irwin rāua ko Carl Walrond, When was New Zealand first settled? – Pollen analysis, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/diagram/1782/hae-no-te-repo-o-travis-travis-swamp-i-otautahi (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Geoff Irwin rāua ko Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 May 2016.