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Kōrero: Ngāi Tahu

Ngā kekeno o Kaikōura

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Seals at Kaikōura

Kitea ai te kekeno ki ngā takutai o Aotearoa me ngā moutere ririki e tata ana. He tino kai te kekeno ki ngā iwi o Ngāi Tahu e noho ana ki Kaikōura. I ngā tau tōmua o 1800 ka tata ngaro ngā kekeno i te mahi a ngā kaipatu kekeno. Ka hokona ngā huruhuru hei papanga kākahu, pōtae hoki. Atu i te pokapū o te tekau tau o 1980 ka tipu anō te kekeno ki Kaikōura. Kua rāhuitia te kekeno i ēnei rā.

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Te Maire Tau, Ngāi Tahu – The move south, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4260/nga-kekeno-o-kaikoura (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Maire Tau, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.