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Kōrero: Māori creation traditions

‘Te Matariki’

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‘Te Matariki’

Nā Brett Graham tēnei mahi toi, e kōrero ana mō te orokohanga, te tipu me te mātauranga. Ko Matariki tērā e whetū rā tōna āhua. Hei te marama o Hune ka roko marewa ia i te rangi. Koinei te tohu a te Māori mō te tau hōu. Ka kōrero anō te āhua nei mō te tipu kei te pihi ake, he tohu ki te tipu me te rapu i te mātauranga. Ka kōrero te arawhata mō te kakenga a Tāne i ngā rangi ngahuru mā rua kia tiki i ngā kete o te mātauranga.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

by Brett Graham

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 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/2440/te-matariki (accessed 4 June 2026).

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