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Kōrero: Traditional Māori warfare – Riri

He toa mau mere

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-110-033-4 (left)

by Augustus Koch

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Traditional Māori warfare – Riri – Strategies and battle terms, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/37118/he-toa-mau-mere (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 14 June 2012.