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Kōrero: Kōhatu – Māori use of stone

Tākongakonga adzite

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Adzite quarry

He tākongakonga adzite tēnei ki Rangitoto (D’Urville Island). Tangohia ai tēnei kōhatu mā te paopao me te pākuru. Mahia mai ai ngā taonga me ngā patu mai i tēnei momo kōhatu (te momo baked argillite rānei, te metasomatised argillite rānei); taea ai te whakaene i ēnei momo adzite kia pīataata.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Phil Moore rāua ko Bruce McFadgen, Kōhatu – Māori use of stone – Other uses for stone, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8885/takongakonga-adzite (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Phil Moore rāua ko Bruce McFadgen, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.