Kōrero: Te whānau tamariki – pregnancy and birth

Ki mua

'Ko hine te iwaiwa, ko hine korako, ko rona whakamau tai'

Whai muri

Etauawhi ana a Hineteiwaiwa i te wahine whakawhānau. E rākaitia ana ia ki te tiki, ka mutu he taonga tēnei i homaitia e Tāne hei āwhina i tōna mana whakatipu. Kei muri ko Hine-korako rāua ko Rona-whakamau-tai. He hononga tonu tō ēnei māreikura ki te whānau tamariki.

He mea tuku tonu e Robyn Kahukiwa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

by Robyn Kahukiwa

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

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/27616/ko-hine-te-iwaiwa-ko-hine-korako-ko-rona-whakamau-tai (accessed 4 June 2026).

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