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Kōrero: Māori

Tāne-nui-ā-rangi

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Carving of Tānenui-a-rangi

Ko Tāne-nui-ā-rangi tēnei, e tū ana kei te marae o Te Herenga Waka i te whare wānanga o Wikitōria i Te Whanganui-a-Tara. He tipuna nui whakaharahara a Tāne nō te Māori. Nā Tāne a Rangi rāua ko Papa i wehe, nāna anō hoki i pokepoke te tangata tuatahi ki tēnei ao. Kei ētahi iwi te kōrero, i kake a Tāne ki ngā rangi tūhāhā kia riro mai ngā kete o te wānanga, arā, te kete tuauri, te kete tuatea, te kete aronui, hei painga mō te tangata.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Te Tumu Herenga Waka Marae, Victoria University of Wellington

All rights to images of this marae are held by Te Tumu Herenga Waka Marae, Victoria University of Wellington

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Māori – Pre-European society, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/2525/tane-nui-a-rangi (accessed 10 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009.