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Rangitoto argillite

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Rangitoto (D'Urville Island) was a centre for the manufacture of argillite adzes which were traded around the country in pre-European times.

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Basil Keane, Te ohanga onamata a rohe – economic regions – Waenganui region, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/23607/rangitoto-argillite (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 4 March 2010.