Skip to main content

Kōrero: Pounamu – jade or greenstone

Kuru – he whakakai

Image
Kuru – ear pendant

He kuru tēnei, he taonga whakapaipai ka mau ki te taringa. He tino taonga te kuru, mō te kāhui rangatira me ngā taumata kei runga ake. Kei ngā tangihanga ka puta i ngā kaikōrero ngā kupu whakarite i te tūpāpaku ki te kuru, ‘Taku kuru pounamu ka makere’.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

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/7682/kuru-he-whakakai (accessed 24 June 2026).

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