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Kōrero: Taniwha

Te wairere o Te Rēinga

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Te Rēinga falls

He tānga tēnei o Te Reinga kei te whaitua o Te Wairoa; nō te tau 1845 tāngia ai. He taniwha a Hine-kōrako, ka moe i tētahi tangata. Nāwai rā, ka whiua a Hine-kōrako ki te kōrero e te iwi o tana tāne; i tana kaha whakamā ka oma ia kia noho ki raro tonu o te wairere o Te Reinga. Nō te waipuke o te awa o Te Wairoa, ka kāhakina tētahi waka kī ana i te tangata ki te wairere. Ka karanga he kaumātua o runga i te waka ki a Hine-kōrako, ka puta a ia ki te whakaora i ngā tāngata rā.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: C-075-013

by Edward Roper Stapleton Sandys

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Taniwha – Freshwater taniwha, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/10872/te-wairere-o-te-reinga (accessed 10 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.