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Kōrero: Te ngahere – forest lore

Nīkau

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Nīkau palms

E tipu ana ēnei nīkau ki te taha o te ara o Heaphy i Te Wai Pounamu. Ko ngā kātua hei pou, hei pakitara rānei mō ngā whare. Ko ngā peka hei uhi ki te tuanui, ko ngā rau hei raranga. Kei te take o ngā peka he wāhi pupuri wai.

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by Simon Nathan

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Rāwiri Taonui, Te ngahere – forest lore – Plants for weaving, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14113/nikau (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.