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Kōrero: Pounamu

Rarangi kaupapa

  1. Story summary

  2. Pounamu

  3. Te takenga o te pounamu

  4. Ngāi Tahu me te pounamu

  5. Ngā taputapu me ngā taonga whakarākai

  6. He tohu rangatira

  7. Whakairo pounamu i ēnei rā

  8. Te pounamu me te hohou rongo

  9. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Pounamu

Types of pounamu

Momo pounamu

New Zealand’s pounamu deposits

Ngā takotoranga o te pounamu ki Te Wai Pounamu

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Te takenga o te pounamu

Arahura River

Te awa o Arahura

Varieties of pounamu

Varieties of pounamu

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Ngāi Tahu me te pounamu

Adze

Toki pounamu

Touchstone, Te Papa

Toka pounamu ki Te Papa Tongarewa

Hei tiki

Hei tiki

Greymouth

Māwhera

Letter from Poutini chiefs

Reta nā ngā rangatira o Poutini

Guardianship of pounamu

Kaitiakitanga o te pounamu

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Ngā taputapu me ngā taonga whakarākai

Kuru – ear pendant

Kuru – he whakakai (1 o 3)

Kapeu – ear pendant

Kapeu – he whakakai (2 o 3)

Koropepe pendant

Koropepe – he momo hei (3 o 3)

Pekapeka – necklace

Pekapeka - he mau kakī (1 o 3)

Hei matau – necklace

Matau – he mau kakī (2 o 3)

Pōria kākā – bird tethering ring

Pōria kākā (3 o 3)

Te hei tiki o Taiaroa

Te hei tiki a Taiaroa

Mai i te whārangi 5 - He tohu rangatira

Te Rangihaeata

Te Rangihaeata

Mere pounamu – Horokiwi

Horokiwi - mere pounamu

Carving of Turi

Te whakairo mō Turi

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Whakairo pounamu i ēnei rā

Unauthorised greenstone mining

Te apu pounamu

Modern carving techniques

Ngā tikanga whakairo o ēnei rā (1 o 3)

A pounamu tree

Te whakairo rākau (2 o 3)

Circular saw

Kani (3 o 3)

Contemporary carving

Taonga pounamu o ēnei rā

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Te pounamu me te hohou rongo

Mere pounamu, Hauraki tribes

Mere pounamu mai Hauraki

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Basil Keane, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/pounamu/media (accessed 4 March 2021)

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006

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