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Kōrero: Mātaitai – shellfish gathering

He pawharu

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Packhorse crayfish

Ko te pawharu te kōura whai taratara nunui ake o te ao katoa. E ai ki ngā kōrero i hopukina tētahi neke atu i te 20 koma mano te taumaha, ā, 70 henemita tōna roa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Private collection

by Malcolm Francis

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Mere Whaanga, Mātaitai – shellfish gathering – Kōura and karengo, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8123/he-pawharu (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mere Whaanga, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.