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Kōrero: Tangaroa – the sea

He whakairo i te tauira marakihau

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Marakihau-style carving

I kitea tēnei epa i Waitara ki Taranaki i te tau 1919. He marakihau tērā āhua kei runga rawa, ki ētahi he taniwha. Ki tā ētahi titiro, he tohu te māhunga nui, ngā matimati e toru, tae rawa ki te kōpikopiko o tōna tinana ki te takenga mai o te tangata i te wai.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Puke Ariki - Taranaki Museum & Library

Reference: A77.330

by Te Tuiti-Moeroa

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Tangaroa – the sea – The importance of the sea, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/7388/he-whakairo-i-te-tauira-marakihau (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.