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Kōrero: Kōhatu – Māori use of stone

Rārangi kōhatu ki Te Wairarapa

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Stone rows, Wairarapa

He rārangi kōhatu tēnei kei Okoropunga i Te Wairarapa. He whakarara te rārangi o ngā kōhatu, hei tohu mō ngā wehenga whenua; he mahana ake te one ki waenganui o ngā rārangi, he pai mō te tupu kai pērā i te kūmara.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Private collection

by Bruce McFadgen

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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/8887/rarangi-kohatu-ki-te-wairarapa (accessed 4 June 2026).

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