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Kōrero: Pounamu – jade or greenstone

Pekapeka - he mau kakī

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Pekapeka – necklace

Tērā tētahi kōrero, he ritenga te momo whakakai nei te pekapeka mō te pekapeka rere ahiahi (bat). Heoi, arā anō tērā kōrero e kī ana ko te pekapeka he manu e rua e whiri ana.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: 1.002905

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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/7687/pekapeka-he-mau-kaki (accessed 24 June 2026).

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