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Kōrero: Ideas about Māori origins

Ngā tohu me ngā reo o te Aryan me te Māori

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Aryan and Māori language and symbols

Hei tautoko i tana whakapae i ahu mai te Māori i te Aryan me te whenua o Īnia, ka whakarārangi a Tregear i ētahi kupu Māori i te taha o ētahi kupu Sanskrit, te reo taketake o Īnia. Kei te whārangi o mua ka whakataurite a Tregear i te tohu swastika ki ngā waitohu o ngā rangatira nāna i haina te Tiriti o Waitangi. He kupu Sanskrit te ‘swastika’, ā, kitea ai te tohu nei ki te whānuitanga o Īnia.

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Reference: Edward Tregear, The Aryan Maori. Wellington: George Didsbury, Government Printer, 1885, pp. 10, 96.

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K. R. Howe, Ideas about Māori origins – 1840s–1930s: the Aryan theory, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/document/1759/nga-tohu-me-nga-reo-o-te-aryan-me-te-maori (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā K. R. Howe, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009.

Comments

Te Ara
23 February 2011
Hi Martin, there is no specific Māori symbol for woman and child.
Martin
23 February 2011
Hi, Could you send me please the maori symbol for woman and child.... I ´d like to use it for tattoo... Thanks Martin