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Kōrero: Natural environment

Ngā tohu i te tau

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Signs of the seasons

He tohu nui o Aotearoa te kōwhai (Sophora microphylla). Ka hōrapa tēnei rākau ki ngā pito o te whenua. Kitea ai te kōwhai ki ngā māra me ngā pāka puta noa. He tohu ngā pua o te kōwhai mō te kōanga, ahakoa te mea ka tīmata tana pua i te tōmuringa o te hōtoke me te tōmuatanga o te raumati. Ka muia te kōwhai e ngā manu kai ngongo pērā i te tūī me te korimako. Ka whakamahia e te Māori te kiri o te kōwhai hei whakapiripiri, hei inu hoki mō ngā mamae whakaroto.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Department of Conservation

Reference: 10050517

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Natural environment – Climate, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2665/nga-tohu-i-te-tau (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009.