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Kōrero: Papatūānuku – the land

He pōwhiri i Kāwhia

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Kei te tū te rangatira nei o Ngāti Hikairo ki te pōwhiri i te kāwana tianara i a Tā William Jervois me tōna ope ki Kāwhia i te tau 1884. Ko te tikanga o te pōwhiri, ka karanga te tangata whenua i te manuhiri ki runga i tō rātou marae.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, E. R. Williams Collection

Reference: G-140365-1/2

by William Williams

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

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Papatūānuku – the land – Whenua – the placenta, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11438/he-powhiri-i-kawhia (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.