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Māori knowledge passed on

Oil on canvas 1885 painting 'Early Maori orators' by Sam Stuart.

Early Māori had a culture based on oral lore. Māori knowledge was passed on in this way from one generation to the next.

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Rights: Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki, Reference: 1923/3, Oil on canvas by Sam Stuart
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