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Kōrero: Tapa whenua

He mahere o Aotearoa nā Kāpene Kuki

He mahere o Aotearoa nā Kāpene Kuki

Nā Kāpene Kuki (James Cook) tēnei mahere whenua i tuhi i tana haerenga tuatahi ki Aotearoa i ngā tau 1769–70. Ka hoatu e ngā tāngata Māori ki a ia ngā ingoa mō Te Ika-a-Māui me Te Wai Pounamu. I tuhi a ia ‘Ea hei nom auwe’, ko te whakapae ko ‘He ahi nō Māui’, ‘He mea hī nō Māui’ rānei. Ko te āhua nei ko ‘Toai Poonamo’ tana tuhi i Te Wai Pounamu.

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Reference: PUBL-0037-25

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Rāwiri Taonui. 'Tapa whenua', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/tapa-whenua/2/2