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Kōrero: Te whānau tamariki – pregnancy and birth

'Rona me te marama'

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'Rona and the moon'

Waihoki ki a Hineteiwaiwa, ka uru atu anō a Rona ki ngā kōrero whakawhānau. I te wā e mau ana a Rona i tana tahā hue ki te tiki wai, ka huna te marama i muri i te kapua, ā, ka tū a Rona i te aka. Ka kanga ia i te marama, nā reira ka hu`tia ake ia e te marama. Kei tētahi o ōna ringa he hue, kei tētahi he peka rākau. Ka kitea tonu a Rona i runga i te marama e pupuri ana i te hue me te peka rākau.

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Hope Tupara, Te whānau tamariki – pregnancy and birth – Birth in Māori tradition, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/27614/rona-me-te-marama (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Hope Tupara, i tāngia i te 23 March 2011, updated 1 June 2017.