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Kōrero: Waka – canoes

Ka hīia e Māui tana ika

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Māui fishes up the North Island

Na Māui me ōna tuākana tana ika i hī ake i te papa o te moana, e mōhiotia ai ko Te Ika-a-Māui. E ai ki ētahi kōrero tuku iho, ko tōna waka ko Te Wai Pounamu, ko tētahi anō ingoa mōna, ko Te Waka-a-Māui. Heoi, ki ētahi atu ko Nukutaimemeha kē tōna waka, e tau mai rā i te tihi o Hikurangi, te maunga nui o Ngāti Porou.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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Reference: Eke Panuku 14, Wellington: Learning Media Ltd, 2004.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, Waka – canoes – Pacific origins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/5982/ka-hiia-e-maui-tana-ika (accessed 12 July 2026).

He kōrero nā Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.