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Kōrero: Ngāi Tahu

He tirohanga ki Māwhera (Greymouth)

He tirohanga ki Māwhera (Greymouth)

I te rau tau 1800 ka hokona e Ngāi Tahu ōna whenua i Arahura me Te Tai Poutini ki te Karauna. Ko te kōrero ka rāhuitia he whenua mō rātou, ka tukuna te mana whakahaere i te pounamu. E 500 eka te nui o ngā whenua rāhui a Ngāi Tahu ki Māwhera. I muri i te huranga o te koura ki te takiwā i te tekau tau atu i 1860, ka rīhitia e Ngāi Tahu te whenua o Māwhera ki ētahi tāngata whai rawa. Kātahi ka kuhu mai te kāwanatanga, ka riro i a ia te mana whakahaere, ka whakatakotohia he utu iti rawa. Nā te whakaaetanga o te tau 1998 ka whakatikangia te hapa nei.

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GNS Science
Reference: 35937/8
Photograph by Lloyd Homer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Te Maire Tau. 'Ngāi Tahu', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 24-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/ngai-tahu/8/2