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Kōrero: Te whānau tamariki – pregnancy and birth

Māui me tōna koroua

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Māui and his grandfather

E kawea mai ana a Māui ki uta i tōna koroua i a Tama-nui-ki-te-rangi. Kei roto tonu ia i ngā makawe o tōna whāea. Tērā te kōrero ka whānau kahu mai a Māui, ā, ka tākaia iho e Taranga ki tōna tikitiki – ka hua te ingoa, ko Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga. Mēnā ka whānau kahu tētahi tamaiti, ka huri tōna wairua ki te hae tangata (atua kahukahu). Ka kitea i te āhuatanga ki tōna whānautanga mai he aha ai ka eke i a Māui ngā mahinga hautipua katoa. 

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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/27619/maui-me-tona-koroua (accessed 4 June 2026).

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