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Kōrero: Whakairo – Māori carving

Te hei tiki mō Ruatepupuke

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Ruatepupuke hei tiki

He hei tiki hou tēnei mō Ruatepupuke, te tipuna nāna i mau mai i te whakairo ki Aotearoa. E pupuri ana ia i tētahi poupou. I hangaia tēnei tiki i te tau 2009 ki te kōiwi kau, ā, he angaanga pāua, he pihi nanekoti ngā rauemi hanga. Nā Stacy Gordine o Ngāti Porou tēnei i whakairo. He tipuna tūranga matua a Pine rāua ko Hōne Taiapa nō Gordine.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: 2010-0025-1

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Brett Graham, Whakairo – Māori carving – Legendary origins of carving, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/43044/te-hei-tiki-mo-ruatepupuke (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Brett Graham, i tāngia i te 21 October 2013.