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Kōrero: Tribal organisation

Awanuiarangi te tipuna

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The ancestor Awanuiarangi

He maha ngā iwi ka puta i te tipuna kotahi. Hei tauira ko ngā iwi o Te Āti Awa ki Taranaki, o Te Āti Awa ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara me Ngāti Awa ki Te Moana-a-Toitehuatahi ka heke i a Awanuiarangi.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: F.004876-52

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rāwiri Taonui, Tribal organisation – How iwi and hapū were named, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/973/awanuiarangi-te-tipuna (accessed 24 June 2026).

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