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Kōrero: Kurī – Polynesian dogs

Ruakurī

Ruakurī cave

Ko Ruakurī te ingoa o tēnei ana kei Waitomo, he mea tapa mō tētahi māpu kurī i noho ki te ana. Nāwai, ka ngaua e te kurī tētahi tangata e mahi manu ana. Ka hoki te tangata rā ki te tiki i ōna hoa ka hoki mai ka patua ngā kurī rā, mate katoa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Waitomo Glowworm Caves

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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/16238/ruakuri (accessed 25 June 2026).

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

Comments

Lynleigh
04 September 2012
Hey, great info and weird dog huh :) ? Really looks like theirs something wrong with it, or it looks like it could be part human or something. Yeah and the sound it makes(auau) kind of sounds the same as when you put your ear to a shell and listen to the inside. I wonder what the thing was with that lake stuff?