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Pineamine (Pine) Taiapa, pictured, was a master wood carver and an orator with extensive training in traditional knowledge. In this recording he explains to an audience of school children the background to the proverb, ‘Kia mate ururora, kei mate wheke’ (Let me die like a shark, not like an octopus).
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Reference: 40742
Image: Alexander Turnbull Library, 1/1-003883;G
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