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Kōrero: Hōkakatanga – Māori sexualities

He amo nō Te Puawai o Te Arawa

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Carving from Te Puawai o Te Arawa

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Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, A. E. Birch Collection

Reference: 1/1-003279-G

by Thomas Pringle

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Clive Aspin, Hōkakatanga – Māori sexualities – Sexuality in Māori tradition, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/31691/he-amo-no-te-puawai-o-te-arawa (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Clive Aspin, i tāngia i te 28 April 2011, updated 22 January 2019.