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Kōrero: Take whenua – Māori land tenure

Patu parāoa

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Patu parāoa – whalebone club

He patu parāoa tēnei. Ko te rau te pito koi o te patu. Koinei te pūtake o tērā kupu, raupatu, arā, te tango whenua mā te ringa kaha.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: MA_I035779

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Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Paul Meredith, Take whenua – Māori land tenure – Discovery, ancestral right and conquest, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/18386/patu-paraoa (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Meredith, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.