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Story: Kiore – Pacific rats

Kiore window

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Kiore window

Roma Marae is in Ahipara, Northland, and belongs to the Te Rarawa people. The frame of the wharenui, Ōhākī, is carved with kiore, showing the importance of these rats to Te Rarawa.

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Roma Marae

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Bradford Haami, Kiore – Pacific rats – Traditions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16123/kiore-window (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Bradford Haami, published 1 March 2009.