Colenso William 1879. Contributions towards a better knowledge of the Maori Race. Part II - Proverbs and proverbial sayings. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 12: 108-147

Colenso collected over 1200 old proverbs. Some 150 relate to animals, and over 70 relate to plants and their uses.

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Title

Contributions towards a better knowledge of the Maori Race. Part II - Proverbs and proverbial sayings

Date, primary

1879

Author, primary

Colenso William

Journal

Transactions of the New Zealand Institute

Volume

Start page

108

End page

147

Record id

d47fb07a-f41c-4f50-b048-032cfed9e20e

Record class

reference

Date added

12 June 2007

Date last updated

22 June 2020