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Kōrero: Hōkakatanga – Māori sexualities

He amo whakairo

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British Museum

Reference: AOA 1894.7-16.1

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Clive Aspin, Hōkakatanga – Māori sexualities – Early Māori sexuality, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/31696/he-amo-whakairo (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Clive Aspin, i tāngia i te 28 April 2011, updated 22 January 2019.