Kōrero: Ngā tupu mai i Hawaiki – plants from Polynesia

Ki mua

Taro

Whai muri

Kei te tipu te taro nei ki Koriniti i te awa o Whanganui. He rākau nui te taro puta noa i Te Moananui-a-Kiwa. He kai rangatira ki te Māori te taro.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: MA_B002233

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Louise Furey, Ngā tupu mai i Hawaiki – plants from Polynesia – Taro, uwhi and tī pore, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17504/taro (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Louise Furey, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.