Add to collection
  • + Create new collection
    • Young girl standing by Te Ariki Pā vegetable garden, 1880s.
    Rights: Young Māori girl at Te Ariki Pa. Burton Brothers, 1868-1898 (Firm, Dunedin): Photographs of the Rotomahana area. Ref: 1/2-004619-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23134437 Published 30 June 2015 Size: 100 KB Referencing Hub media

    This photo from the 1880s shows a young girl standing by a pā vegetable garden.

      Appears in

      ARTICLE

      Revitalising Māori astronomy

      Māori ancestors possessed a wealth of astronomical knowledge that they referred to as tātai arorangi. The knowledge was important for many aspects of daily life, from growing crops, fishing and ...

      READ MORE
      MORE
      Add to favourites
      Add to collection
    1. + Create new collection
      2. ARTICLE

      Māori soil science

      When Māori arrived in Aotearoa/New Zealand in the late 13th century, they found a land quite different to the Polynesia from which they had travelled. The cooler climate meant that some of the ...

      READ MORE
      MORE
      Add to favourites
      Add to collection
    2. + Create new collection
        3. Go to full glossary
        Download all
        Email Us

        See our newsletters here.