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Kōrero: Te aitanga pepeke – the insect world

Te pakanga a Tāne ki te aitanga pepeke

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Tāne battles the insects

Nā Robert Jahnke tēnei pikitia, ko Tāne e muia ana e te ngaro, e nanao ana ki ngā kete e toru o te wānanga i te toi o ngā rangi. Nā Whiro te aitanga pepeke i āki, nā te hiahia ki aua kete rā māna ake. Ka karanga a Tāne ki ngā hau āwhio ka marara te tini rā.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Private collection

Reference: Mona Riini and Robert Jahnke, Te Timatanga o te ao; nga kete wananga. Auckland: Shortland, 1992

by Robert Jahnke

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Bradford Haami, Te aitanga pepeke – the insect world – What is te aitanga pepeke?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/12608/te-pakanga-a-tane-ki-te-aitanga-pepeke (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bradford Haami, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.