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Kōrero: Whāngai – customary fostering and adoption

Te Kōti Whenua Māori, ki Ngāmotu

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Native Land Court, Palmerston North

Karahui ai te Māori ki te Tapawhā ki Te Papaioea mō tētahi whakawā Kōti Whenua Māori i te tau 1881. Mai i te mahi whiriwhiri i ngā whenua Māori, ka whakamana hoki te kōti i te hunga whāngai, kia tīmata hoki rātou te rēhita ki te kōti mai i te tau 1901.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Palmerston North City Library

Reference: 2008N_Tw2-7_TWH_1921

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Whāngai – customary fostering and adoption – Whāngai and the law, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/31037/te-koti-whenua-maori-ki-ngamotu (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 10 May 2011, updated 1 June 2017.