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Oral transmission of knowledge

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

Māori and many other cultures have used word of mouth to pass on intergenerational knowledge.

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

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