Roimata toroa pattern

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Roimata toroa pattern

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Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Description

One story from the Ngāti Porou tribe which links back to their ancestors tells of how the ancestor Pourangahua brought kūmara (sweet potato) to New Zealand. The two sacred albatrosses which accompanied him were the source of this tukutuku design, known as roimata toroa (albatross tears). Listen...

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New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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