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Kōrero: Kurī – Polynesian dogs

He awe

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Decorative kurī hair

He mea rākai te taiaha nei ki te huruhuru o te whiore me te puku o te kurī; kīia ai ēnei huruhuru, ko ngā awe. Ka ruia e te toa ngā awe o tana taiaha hei whakaware i te hoariri.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: MA_I036464

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Kurī – Polynesian dogs – Uses of kurī, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16234/he-awe (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.