Kōrero: Te kawa o te marae

Ngā hū kei te whatitoka o te wharenui

Ngā hū kei te whatitoka o te wharenui

E putu haere ana ngā hū ki waho i te kuaha o te wharenui. Kia tomo te manuhiri i te wharenui me wete ngā hū ka waiho ki te taha o te kūaha (ka whakaae ētahi marae kia mau hū). I tōna tikanga kāore e pai kia haria te puehu o te marae o Tūmatauenga (te marae ātea) ki roto i te whare o Rongo (te wharenui). E ai ki tētahi atu whakamārama he tipuna anō te whare (whare tipuna). Ko tōna koruru te upoko; ko ngā maihi ōna ringa; ko te tāhuhu tōna tuaiwi; ko ngā heke ōna rara. He mahinga atawhai ki te tipuna tērā te tango i ngā hū.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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Photograph by Gil Hanly

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Basil Keane, 'Te kawa o te marae - Te kawa whānui', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/41374/shoes-at-the-door-of-the-wharenui (accessed 21 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 5 Sep 2013