E whakaatu ana te mahere whenua nei i ngā momo kōhatu i whakamahia e te Māori, ina rā, he iwi whakamahi kōhatu rātou. Ko ngā taonga nui ko te toki me te whao. I waihangahia ngā toki ō mua rawa i ngā kōhatu mārō pērā i te kara. Nāwai rā ka hangaia ngā toki i Te Ika-a-Māui mai i te kara me te ōnewa, me te pounamu ki Te Waipounamu. He whakahirahira te kōhatu ki ngā iwi noho tūtata – tae rawa ake mō ngā kōhatu hei hanga whao. He takoha nui te kōhatu I tuoputia.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
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Source: Malcolm McKinnon, ed., Bateman New Zealand historical atlas: kopapatuanuku e takotonei. Auckland: David Bateman, 1997, plate 14
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