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Kōrero: Kūmara

Koroua me te kūmara

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Koroua with kūmara

Nō te tōmuatanga o te rau tau atu i 1900 te whakaahua nei, he koroua e wehewehe ana i āna kūmara. He nunui tēnei momo kūmara, nā tauiwi i kawe ki Aotearoa i te rau tau atu i 1800. He rahirahi iho ngā kūmara ake a te Māori, pēnei i te ringa te korahi.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Northwood Collection (PA-Group-00027)

Reference: 1/1-006227; G

by Northwood Brothers

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.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Peter Adds, Kūmara – Growing kūmara, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17363/koroua-me-te-kumara (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peter Adds, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.