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Kōrero: Te Waonui a Tāne – forest mythology

Hongi Hika

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Hongi Hika

Nā Arnold Frederick Goodwin te whakaahua nei o Hongi Hika, amorangi kawe riri o Ngāpuhi i ōna rā. He rite a Hongi ki te nuinga o ngā rangatira o te rau tau atu i 1800, kua tāngia tōna kanohi ki te moko. He wā ka whakaritea te rangatira ki te pou, nā te mea kua ‘whakairotia’ pērā ki te pou.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-236-006

by Arnold Frederick Goodwin

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Te Waonui a Tāne – forest mythology – Posts and stumps – pou and tumu, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/13165/hongi-hika (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.