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Kōrero: Tapa whenua – naming places

Ngā wai o Aotearoa

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He mahere whenua me ngā ingoa o ngā moana, ngā wai, ngā kokoru o Aotearoa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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Reference: He korero purakau mo nga taunahanahatanga a nga tupuna = Place names of the ancestors, a Maori oral history atlas. Wellington: New Zealand Geographic Board, 1990, p. 6

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Rāwiri Taonui, Tapa whenua – naming places – Events, maps and European influences, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/map/18655/nga-wai-o-aotearoa (accessed 25 June 2026).

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