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Huata

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CategoryHuata
Alternative termshoata
SourceMātauranga Māori Thesaurus

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A long slim spear with one end sharpened to a fine point and hardened by fire. The other end is sometimes carved into a round fist-sized knob, called a pureke or purori. Most often fashioned from tawa or rimu

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