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Kōrero: Pounamu – jade or greenstone

Te hei tiki a Taiaroa

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Te hei tiki o Taiaroa

Kotahi anake te taha o te nuinga o ngā hei tiki. Heoi anō tēnei hei tiki, kua whakairotia ngā taha e rua. Nā tērā rangatira o Ngāi Tahu nā Te Mātenga Taiaroa te taonga. I tōna matenga ka riro te hei tiki i tana tama a Hōri Kerei Taiaroa, mema pāremata Māori mō Te Wai Pounamu i ōna rā.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: i.006388

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Pounamu – jade or greenstone – Implements and adornment, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/7652/te-hei-tiki-a-taiaroa (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.