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Kōrero: Taniwha

Pelorus Jack

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Pelorus Jack

He aihe rongonui a Pelorus Jack, i ārahi waka ki Te Aumiti i waenganui i te moutere o Rangitoto me Te Wai Pounamu i ngā tau tōmuri o te rau tau 1800 me ngā tau tōmua o te rau tau 1900. Hei tā te Māori, ehara ko Pelorus Jack, ko te taniwha a Tuhirangi kē tērā.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-003190-F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Taniwha – Whales, dolphins and enchanted logs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10893/pelorus-jack (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.