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Kōrero: Hawaiki

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Depiction of Māui

Ko Māui tētahi o ngā tāngata rongonui o Hawaiki. He toa. Ko tēnei kōrero mai i ngā kohinga a Tā Hōri Kerei (Sir George Grey) mō ngā tikanga tuku iho a te Māori, arā, Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the New Zealander race;he kōrero mō te rapu a Māui i te ahi me tana māminga i tōna tipuna i a Mahuika. Ko Māui tēnei e hopu ana i te rā. Kei te marae o Te Hono ki Hawaiki i Te Papa Tongarewa te whakairo nei.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Hawaiki – Home of the gods, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/document/3802/maui (accessed 30 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 April 2015.