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Kōrero: Papatūānuku – the land

Ngā tamariki a Papatūānuku

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Papatūānuku’s children

Ki te Māori ko te whakapapa te mea hono i te katoa. E whakaatu ana i te whakapapa nei ngā tamariki ā Papatūānuku rāua ko Ranginui. Ko rātou ngā tīpuna o te ao tūroa - ngā tāngata, ngā manu, te ngahere, ngā ika, ngā hau, te wai.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Taania M. Ka’ai and others, eds. Ki te whaiao: an introduction to Maori culture & society. Auckland: Pearson Education, 2004, p. 3

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Papatūānuku – the land – Papatūānuku – the earth mother, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/whakapapa/11430/nga-tamariki-a-papatuanuku (accessed 11 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.