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Kōrero: Mātaitai – shellfish gathering

Kōura waimāori

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Freshwater crayfish

E kitea ana te kēwai ki ngā kōawa, roto me ngā repo puta noa i te motu. Ka tunua ana te kōura, kua huri te tae mai te kākāriki ki te whero, nō konā tapaina ai te whakataukī, ‘Ka whero te kōura’. He kōrero tēnei mō te tangata tere pukuriri.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Department of Conservation

Reference: 10049711

by Stephen Moore

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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/8124/koura-waimaori (accessed 4 June 2026).

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