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Kōrero: Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation

Ngā kaitiaki o te ao tūroa

Gods of the natural world

I āta wehewehea te ao e te Māori, kia noho he wāhi me tōna atua, he wāhi me tōna atua. Ko ēnei atua ngā tamariki a Ranginui rāua ko Papatūānuku, ngā kaitiaki tūturu o tēnā wāhi o te ao, o tēnā wāhi o te ao. Ko rātou te tīmatanga o tēnei mea te kaitiakitanga.

Mai i runga huri mā te taha matau: ko Tānemahuta, atua o te ngahere; ko Tūmatauenga, atua o te riri me te tangata; ko Tangaroa, atua o te moana; ko Haumia-tiketike, atua o te aruhe; ko Rūaumoko, atua o te rū whenua; ko Rongomātāne, atua o te kūmara; ko Tāwhirimātea, atua o ngā hau.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Kia Ata Mai Educational Trust

by Adam Williams and Joshua Wātene

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation – Understanding kaitiakitanga, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/11542/nga-kaitiaki-o-te-ao-turoa (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.

Comments

Paulette
05 November 2015
Holy holy holy wow! I am a canadienne looking for ways to engage my students. They are learning about the First People's of Canada. My son's lovely and intelligent girl friend (a New Zealander) mentioned this word to me, because when we visited I became obsessed with proper pronouncing ion of real place names. Anyway, my students are going to reap the benefits of all your dligence... They will draw parallels between our peoples and the Maoris, and they will be able to draw cartoons or make a short vid using the environment as the guiding power. Yippee! And thank you so much, Miigwetch from Canada.