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Kōrero: Tāwhirimātea

Te whakarite ki te ika (3 o 3)

Te whakarite ki te ika

Ka whakaritea e ngā Māori ngā kapua ki ētahi māra kūmara, engari ko te Pākehā i whakaritea ki ngā tohu o te tawatawa. Nō konei ka tipu te kōrero a te Pākehā he rangi tawatawa, ‘a mackerel sky’.

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Photograph by Malcolm Francis

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Basil Keane. 'Tāwhirimātea', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/tawhirimatea/3/4/3