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    • Extreme close-up of a sandfly biting human skin.
    Rights: Saryu Mae, CC BY 4.0 Published 10 September 2024 Size: 1.5 MB Referencing Hub media

    A namu or sandfly (Austrosimulium australense, the New Zealand black fly). In some pūrākau, namu (sandflies) and waeroa (mosquitoes) were inflicted upon humans after Tūmatauenga, the ancestor of all humans, killed Namuiria, the first sandfly.

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      Te aitanga pepeke

      Pepeke is an animal grouping within te ao Māori. This group name equates to the insect world and calls to whakapapa in the concept of aitanga – living creatures descending from the primordial ...

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