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Kōrero: Marutūahu tribes

Te tango koura i Paeroa

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Gold extraction works, Paeroa

Ka whakaatu te whakaahua nei i te parahanga o te wai i te mahi tango koura. Kei Paeroa tēnei i te tau 1910. Ka pēnei te tikanga tango koura; ka orohia te toka takawai (quartz) kia mata kirikiri, kātahi ka horoia ki te cyanide hei tango i te koura. Whai muri, ka tukuna ngā wai parahanga kia rere tika ki ngā awa. Koinei ka kino ngā kai a ngā iwi Māori.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, William Archer Price Collection (PAColl-3057)

Reference: 1/2-000566

by Fred E. Flatt

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Marutūahu tribes – Resources of the Hauraki region, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4024/te-tango-koura-i-paeroa (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 22 March 2017.