Kōrero: Pounamu

Te whakairo mō Turi

Te whakairo mō Turi

Ko Turi tērā kei runga rawa. Ka heke ki a ia a Te Āwhiorangi, te toki pounamu a Tāne nāna i tapahi ngā uaua hono i a Ranginui me Papatūānuku. Ka whakaheke a Te Āwhiorangi i roto i ngā tātai ariki, taka rawa iho ki a Turi, rangatira o runga i a Aotea, te waka kawe i ngā tūpuna o Ngā Rauru me ētahi atu iwi ki Aotearoa. Ko Te Āwhiorangi te toki nāna a Aotea i auaha.

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

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Basil Keane, 'Pounamu - He tohu rangatira', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7698/te-whakairo-mo-turi (accessed 4 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006