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Kōrero: First peoples in Māori tradition

‘Ka hī ake a Māui i tōna ika i te moana’

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‘Māui fishing New Zealand out of the ocean’

Tokomaha ngā Pākehā i mīharo ki ngā pūrākau a te Māori. Ko tētahi ko te tohungatā Tiamana ko Wilhelm Dittmer. I tae mai a ia ki Aotearoa ki te kohikohi i ngā kōrero tuku iho a te Māori. I tāngia anōtia e ia ōna tuhituhi ki te waituhi. Nei rā a Māui e hī ana i tōna ika; kei te wehi ōna tuākana, e piri ana ki te waka. Kei te whiti te rā ki runga i a rātou.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0088-049

by Wilhelm Dittmer

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

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, First peoples in Māori tradition – Māui, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/2383/ka-hi-ake-a-maui-i-tona-ika-i-te-moana (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009.