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Kōrero: When was New Zealand first settled?

Whakapakoko kiore kei te whare o Pompallier i Kororāreka (Russell)

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Mummified rats, Pompallier House, Russell

I te tau 2003 ka tīmata te kairangahau a Lisa Matisoo-Smith ki te whakamātautau mā te DNA i ngā kiore whakapakoko kei te whare o Pompallier. Koinei tētahi o ngā whare tawhito rawa ki Aotearoa. I ana rangahautanga tōmua o ngā DNA o ngā kiore, i puta tana kōrero, ko ngā whanaunga tata rawa o ngā kiore kei Aotearoa, ko ērā kei Kuki Airani me Tahiti. I haere te kiore ki Aotearoa i te taha o te tangata, nā reira koinei tētahi o ngā taunakitanga ōrite e tohu ana i haere mai ngā tāngata tōmua ki Aotearoa mai i Poronihia ki te rāwhiti.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Heritage New Zealand – Pouhere Taonga, Pompallier Mission

by Kate Martin

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Geoff Irwin rāua ko Carl Walrond, When was New Zealand first settled? – Rat DNA, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4263/whakapakoko-kiore-kei-te-whare-o-pompallier-i-kororareka-russell (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Geoff Irwin rāua ko Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 May 2016.