Kōrero: Ngā iwi o Whāngārei

‘Tomokanga ki te awa o Whāngārei, te kapehu Raki mā-uru ki te Uru’

‘Tomokanga ki te awa o Whāngārei, te kapehu Raki mā-uru ki te Uru’

Kei waenganui pū i te rohe whenua o ngā iwi o Whāngārei ko te whanga o Whāngārei. He puka whakaahua tēnei nā Edward Ashworth, he kaihoahoa i noho ki Tāmaki-makaurau mai i te tau 1842 ki te tau 1844. Kei runga e whakaatu ana i a Manaia, kei te taha raki o te tomokanga ki te whanga, ā, kei raro iho ki tai ko ngā moutere o Taranga me Marotiri. Kei raro ki te kokonga mauī ko tētahi waka Māori tērā pea i kitea i runga i te whanga i te tekau tau 1840. Kei raro ki te taha matau ko te mahere whenua o Bream Head, te tomokanga ki te taha raki mā-rāwhiti o te whanga.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: MS-0104-071
Pencil and ink drawing by Edward Ashworth

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Rāwiri Taonui, 'Ngā iwi o Whāngārei - Ngā tīpuna', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/artwork/4074/tomokanga-ki-te-awa-o-whangarei-te-kapehu-raki-ma-uru-ki-te-uru (accessed 19 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 Mar 2017