HISTORY OF GREENSTONE
i. SCIENCE AND LEGEND
An address on the occurrence of greenstone in science and tradition was delivered to members of the AnthroM°gy and Maori Race Section of the Auckland Institute and Museum at the Auckland University College biology aeatre last night by the. Rev. A. J. *• I' raser. dealing with modern ideas on subject of the formation of greenstone, M r . Fraser related a number '.-"aorj legends dealing with the stone n « spoke of its importance in Maori "lturo, it being the principal material ?°jn which axes and meres, were There had been many grim Pottles for the possession of the main jjeenstone territory, near Arahura, in Hokitika district, he said.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22545, 9 October 1936, Page 15
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114HISTORY OF GREENSTONE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22545, 9 October 1936, Page 15
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