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Kōrero: Tribal organisation

He tirohanga Pākehā ki tētahi pā

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European depiction of a pā

Ko te ingoa o tēnei tānga whakairotanga, ko ‘Tu Kaitote, the pā of Te Wherowhero on the Waikato, Taupiri mountain in the distance’. I tauirahia mai tēnei tānga nā te pikitia i tāia e George French Angas i te tau 1844. Kitea ai ngā whare o roto i te pā, e tū tōpū ana i ngā tahataha o te wharenui kei waenganui. Kei waho o te pā e tū mai ana ngā tūwatawata.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0014-15

by J. W. Giles

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

Rāwiri Taonui, Tribal organisation – The significance of iwi and hapū, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/970/he-tirohanga-pakeha-ki-tetahi-pa (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009.