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Kōrero: Take whenua – Māori land tenure

Papatūānuku

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Papatūānuku

E ai ki te Māori, ko Papatūānuku te atua o te whenua, ko rāua ko Ranginui ngā atua tōmua rawa. Kīhai te Māori e titiro ki te whenua ānō nei nōna ake; ko tāna kē, he whai hononga ki te whenua. He pikitia tēnei nā Robyn Kahukiwa, ko Papatūānuku e poipoi ana i tana tamaiti, ko Ranginui kei runga ake.

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Paul Meredith, Take whenua – Māori land tenure – Customary rights, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/18374/papatuanuku (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Meredith, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.