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Story: Kūmara

Kāheru

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Kāheru

The kāheru was a spade used for lighter cultivation work, such as creating mounds and cultivating kūmara.

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Peter Adds, Kūmara – Tools and storage pits, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17365/kaheru (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Peter Adds, published 1 March 2009.