Biggs Bruce. A linguist revisits the New Zealand bush. 1991. In: Man and a half: essays in Pacific anthropology and ethnobiology in honour of Ralph Bulmer. Polynesian Society. Pp. 67-72.

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Biggs Bruce. A linguist revisits the New Zealand bush. 1991. In: Man and a half: essays in Pacific anthropology and ethnobiology in honour of Ralph Bulmer. Polynesian Society. Pp. 67-72.

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Less than half of Polynesian plant names have reflexes in Māori. Biggs considers the reasons for the loss of some names and changes of meaning those retained have undergone.

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A linguist revisits the New Zealand bush

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Biggs Bruce

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Man and a half: essays in Pacific anthropology and ethnobiology in honour of Ralph Bulmer

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Polynesian Society

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Auckland, New Zealand

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Biggs Bruce. A linguist revisits the New Zealand bush. 1991. In: Man and a half: essays in Pacific anthropology and ethnobiology in honour of Ralph Bulmer. Polynesian Society. Pp. 67-72.

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