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Kōrero: Te tāhere manu

Korapa

Ko te korapa mō te mahi i te toutouwai me ētahi atu manu. Ka pinea te korapa ki te whenua. Ka whiua haerehia he mōunu ki ngā taha – he noke, he huhu, he kākano. Tau mai ana te toutouwai ka kūmea te taura kia taupokina te manu e te korapa.

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Reference: Elsdon Best, Forest lore of the Maori. Wellington: Dominion Museum, 1942
Photograph by J. McDonald

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Basil Keane. 'Te tāhere manu', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 25-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/te-tahere-manu/4/5