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Kōrero: Mau rākau – Māori use of weaponry

Ko Tumu Te Heuheu

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Tumu Te Heuheu

E mau ana te ariki tamaroa o Ngāti Tūwharetoa, a Tumu Te Heuheu, i te kaitaka me te mere pounamu; nōna e whaikōrero ana ki runga marae. E kaha ake ana te mau taiaha me te mau patu i te wā o te whaikōrero, anamata he huarahi whakaora tēnei i te mau rākau.

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Rangi Matamua, Mau rākau – Māori use of weaponry – Māori weaponry in the 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39773/tumu-te-heuheu (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rangi Matamua, i tāngia i te 28 November 2012.