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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.

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