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Kōrero: Tapa whenua – naming places

Ka tapa a Māui i te whenua

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Māui names the land

Nā Māui tana ika i hī ake i te takere o te moana. Whāia, ka hua te maha o ngā ingoa wāhi. Ka tapaina te motu ki te raki (North Island) ko te Ika-a-Māui; ka tapaina te motu ki te tonga (Te Wai Pounamu / South Island) ko Te Waka-a-Māui, ka tapaina te motu ki te pito tonga rawa (Rakiura / Stewart Island)) ko Te Punga-a-Māui. Kei tēnā moutere, kei tēnā moutere i Te Moananui-a-Kiwa ngā kōrero mō Māui nāna te whenua i hī ake pēnei i te ika.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Tapa whenua – naming places – Names from Polynesian mythology, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/map/18640/ka-tapa-a-maui-i-te-whenua (accessed 8 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.