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Kōrero: Te Āti Awa of Wellington

Mere pounamu

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Mere pounamu (greenstone weapon)

Ko Horokiwi te ingoa o te mere pounamu nei, otirā he taonga nō Te Āti Awa ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Ko tētahi o ōna kaipupuri ko te rangatira o te rau tau 1800 ko Te Rīrā Pōrutu. I noho a ia ki te pā o Pipitea, kei Thorndon ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Ināianei kei te whare pupuri taonga ā-motu o Te Papa Tongarewa te taonga nei.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: ME015710

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Morris Love, Te Āti Awa of Wellington – After 1840, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/1282/mere-pounamu (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Morris Love, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.