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Kōrero: Ngāi Tahu

Ngā tīpuna taketake o Ngāi Tahu

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Ngāi Tahu’s founding ancestors

E whakaatu ana te whakapapa nei i te hekenga mai o Ngāi Tahu, mai i a Paikea, heke iho ki a Tahupōtiki. He tama a Paikea nā Uenuku; i noho ia ki Hawaiki. Nā te whakaiti a tōna matua i a ia, ka taka te whakaaro ki a Ruatapu, te tuakana o Paikea, ki te whakamate i ana teina. Ko Paikea anake te mea o ana teina, tuākana i ora; ko tana rerenga tērā ki Aotearoa mā runga tohorā. He kōrero tuku iho tēnei nā ngā iwi o Ngāi Tahu me Ngāti Porou.

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Te Maire Tau, Ngāi Tahu – Early history, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/whakapapa/1617/nga-tipuna-taketake-o-ngai-tahu (accessed 11 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Maire Tau, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.