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Kōrero: Ngā iwi tuatahi

‘Ka hī ake a Māui i tōna ika i te moana’

‘Ka hī ake a Māui i tōna ika i te moana’

Tokomaha ngā Pākehā i mīharo ki ngā pūrākau a te Māori. Ko tētahi ko te tohungatā Tiamana ko Wilhelm Dittmer. I tae mai a ia ki Aotearoa ki te kohikohi i ngā kōrero tuku iho a te Māori. I tāngia anōtia e ia ōna tuhituhi ki te waituhi. Nei rā a Māui e hī ana i tōna ika; kei te wehi ōna tuākana, e piri ana ki te waka. Kei te whiti te rā ki runga i a rātou.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PUBL-0088-049
Drawing by Wilhelm Dittmer

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

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal. 'Ngā iwi tuatahi', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 24-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/nga-iwi-tuatahi/3/2