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Kōrero: Whenua – how the land was shaped

Ngā rā o Kupe

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Kupe’s Sails

Nā William Mein Smith tēnei tānga nō te tekau tau atu i 1850, e whakaatu ana i Ngā Rā o Kupe, kei te taha rāwhiti o te whanga o Palliser. Ka ingoatia te wāhi nei mō ngā pari teatea, ka rite ki ngā rā whakatere waka. He mārama te kite i ēnei pari i roto i te kākāriki o te wao. E ai ki te kōrero, i reira te puni a Kupe rāua ko Ngake. Nāwai ā, ka tohe te tokorua nei, ko wai te mea kakama rawa ki te hanga rā. Ka toa ko Kupe. Whāia, ka whakairia e rāua ō rāua rā ki aua pari.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: E-011-f-004

by William Mein Smith

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.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Whenua – how the land was shaped – Kupe, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/6726/nga-ra-o-kupe (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.