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Kōrero: Māori rugby – whutupaoro

Ko Hōri Nēpia

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George Nēpia

Kātahi anō ka mutu te whana whakawaho a Hōri Nēpia (o Ngāti Rākaipaaka), tētahi o ngā tino tuatangata whutupaoro o Aotearoa. He haika tino pai rawa atu a Nēpia, koia hoki tētahi o ngā kaitākaro tuatahi i noho hei papa mō te Ture Kaikiri o Āwherika ki te Tonga i āhei ai ko ngā kaitākaro Pākehā anake te haere atu ki Āwherika ki te Tonga.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, S. P. Andrew Collection (PAColl-3739)

Reference: 1/1-018732-F

by Stanley Polkinghorne Andrew

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.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Malcolm Mulholland, Māori rugby – whutupaoro – Rugby union, 1910s to 1930s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/42266/ko-hori-nepia (accessed 8 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm Mulholland, i tāngia i te 2 August 2013, updated 1 January 2015.