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Kōrero: Tangaroa – the sea

Maimoa kahawai

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Kahawai fishing lure

E ai ki tētahi kōrero ka haere a Te Manuhauturuki te tama a Ruatepupuke ki te hī me tana maimoa kahawai ka rite ki tēnei. Ka riri a Tangaroa i te mea i tapaina taua maimoa ki a ia heoi, kāore i tika ngā karakia. Hei reira ka hurihia e Tangaroa a Te Manuhauturuki hei tekoteko.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: I.006367

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Tangaroa – the sea – Ruatepupuke and the origin of carving, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/7400/maimoa-kahawai (accessed 25 June 2026).

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