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Kōrero: Ngā manu – birds

A Mungakahu rāua ko tana wahine a Ko Mari

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‘Mungakahu and his wife, Ko Mari’

Nā George Angas tēnei whakaahua nō te tekau tau atu i 1840, ko Mungakahu rāua ko tana wahine a Ko Mari. He rangatira a Mungakahu nō te pā o Motupoi i Rotoaira i te puku o Te Ika-a-Māui. He mea rākai tana rākau ki te awe; ko te āhua nei he pōhoi toroa ki te taringa o Ko Mari.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0014-27

by George French Angas

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Kelly Keane, Ngā manu – birds – Symbols of status, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/12143/a-mungakahu-raua-ko-tana-wahine-a-ko-mari (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kelly Keane, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009, updated 17 February 2015.