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Kōrero: Ngārara – reptiles

He whakairo o te ngārara

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Lizard carving

He whakairo tēnei o tētahi ngārara i te tipuna whare a Tamatekapua i Ōhinemutu. Mai anō ngā whakairo a te Māori mō te ngārara. I roto i te ao Māori, ka noho te ngārara hei kaitiaki.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Albert Percy Godber Collection (PA-Group-00048)

Reference: PAColl-3039-1-012

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Bradford Haami, Ngārara – reptiles – What are ngārara?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12930/he-whakairo-o-te-ngarara (accessed 27 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bradford Haami, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.