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Kōrero: Māori creation traditions

‘Te wehenga o Rangi rāua ko Papa’

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Tāne raising the sky

Ka kōrero ngā whakairo nei mō te orokohanga o te ao. Ka takoto a Tāne Mahuta, ko tōna ūpoko ki tōna whāea a Papa, ko ōna waewae e whana whakarunga ana. Ko Tama-nui-te-rā te āhua porowhita ki muri, koia te takenga o te mahana me te māramatanga.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

National Library Gallery

by Cliff Whiting

Permission of the National Library Gallery, 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, Māori creation traditions – Different creation traditions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/2433/te-wehenga-o-rangi-raua-ko-papa (accessed 4 June 2026).

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