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Kōrero: Rongoā – medicinal use of plants

Mirimiri

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Mirimiri (massage)

Ko Atarangi Muru rāua ko tana mokopuna kei te mirimiri i ngā nawe i te tinana o tētahi kōtiro. Hei tā Atarangi, “Ka nanao mātou ki te rākau, te kōhatu, te peka rākau (he pai ngā rau mō te mirimiri – pērā i ngā iwi o Turkey ka nanao ki te rākau birch), ngā rongoā i te ngahere, i te moana. Tāpiri atu, ko ō mātou ringa, waewae, turi.

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Rhys Jones, Rongoā – medicinal use of plants – Rongoā today, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14608/mirimiri (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rhys Jones, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.