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Kōrero: Oneone – soils

Te oneone i te maharatanga pakanga

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Placing soil at a war memorial

Ko te rā 25 o Āperira i te tau 1925, ko Hope Gibbons te mēa o Whanganui, kei te kuhu oneone mai i Peretiama ki tētahi tohu whakamaharatanga ki ngā hōia Māori i hinga ki te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao. Ka kuhuna te kapunga oneone nei ki tētahi o ngā pou koko e whā, ki te mea i tapā ko ‘Belgium’; kua oti kē te kuhu kapunga oneone mai i ētahi atu whenua i tū ai ngā pakanga, ki ngā pou koko e toru atu. Nā te mea he oneone mai i ngā parekura i hingahinga ai ngā toa, he tapu.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Tesla Studios Collection (PAColl-3046)

Reference: 1/1-017366; G

by Frank J. Denton

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.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Oneone – soils – Soil in Māori tradition, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/19124/te-oneone-i-te-maharatanga-pakanga (accessed 1 July 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 2 February 2010.