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Kōrero: Te whānau tamariki – pregnancy and birth

'Taranga'

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'Taranga'

Ko Taranga rāua ko tana tamaiti whakatahe a Māui e pōtere ana i runga i te karewai. Kei runga i a ia e tākaitia ana tana tamaiti i tōna tikitiki, ka mutu i tōna whānau kahu mai, ka tākaitia a Māui ki te kirikiri o te pane ā ka whiua ki te moana. Nāwai ka huaina a ia ko Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga. Kei tētahi taha o Taranga ko Māui kereru e tiro ana ki tōna matua. Kei tētahi taha ko ngā tuakana a Māui. I roto i tēnei korero, ka pae a Māui ki tātahi, ā, ka whāngaihia e tōna koroua.

He mea tuku tonu e Robyn Kahukiwa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: 1983-0020-2

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/27618/taranga (accessed 25 June 2026).

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