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Kōrero: Te tāhere manu – bird catching

Tara o te tao manu

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Bird spear points

Auahatia ai te tara o te tao i te kōiwi, te rākau mārō, te pounamu, tae atu ki te hiku o te whai. He tara rākau te tara i te taha mauī, he tara kōiwi ngā mea e rua i te taha matau. I ahu mai te tara kaniwha i te kōrerotanga atu a Taranga ki tana tama ki a Māui mō tērā momo tara.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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Reference: MA_B.000848

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Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Te tāhere manu – bird catching – Spears, rods, hands and traps, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11988/tara-o-te-tao-manu (accessed 4 June 2026).

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