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Kōrero: Canoe traditions

Te awa o Waipāoa

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Whakarongo mai ki tētahi wāhanga o te waiata a ‘Ka haramai a Pāoa’, e whakamārama ana i tētahi mahinga i te taenga mai o Horouta. Kei roto anō i te waiata ngā whakamārama mō te takenga mai o te awa o Waipāoa (i te whakaahua nei). I te tukinga o Horoutaki te tāhuna, ka tōia te waka ki uta, ka haere a Pāoa ki te kimi i te rākau tōtika hei tapitapi i te waka. E ai ki te kōrero i kite ia i te rākau tika ki Maungahaumi i te pokapū o Te Tai Rāwhiti. Heoi nā te pakupaku rawa o ngā awa ki te whakatere i ngā rākau ka mimi a ia, kia rere ngā awa o Waiōeka o Waikohu o Waipāoa, o Mōtū.

He kōnae nō Radio New Zealand Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero. He takahi manatārua te whakamahi anō i te kōnae nei. Ki te tono mō te kōnae whakapā atu ki Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero. (Te Reo o te Pipiwharauroa/Tangata rite/Tau whakapuakanga MPT 2392)

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Image: GNS Science, 12981/31, by Lloyd Homer

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Rāwiri Taonui, Canoe traditions – Canoes of the East Coast, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/music/2358/te-awa-o-waipaoa (accessed 4 June 2026).

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