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Kōrero: Natural environment

Te kiore o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa

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The Pacific rat

Nā ngā Māori tōmua te kiore o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa i mau ki Aotearoa. He maha ngā kai a tēnei kiore, pērā i te kākano, hua rākau, ngārara, mokomoko, hua manu, pīpī hoki. Kāore i kaha ngā tipu me ngā kararehe māori ki te whakataetae, ki te kaupare i ngā kaipatupatu pērā i te kiore. Nā ētahi atu momo kiore te kiore a Te Moananui-a-Kiwa i tutetute ki waho o Te Ika-a-Māui me Te Wai Pounamu. Ināianei, noho ai tēnei momo kiore ki ngā moutere ririki. I tangohia tēnei whakaahua i Hauturu (Little Barrier Island) i te tau 1979.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Department of Conservation

Reference: 10033848

by Dick Veitch

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Natural environment – Fauna, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2691/te-kiore-o-te-moananui-a-kiwa (accessed 4 June 2026).

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