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Kōrero: Papatūānuku – the land

Joseph Filemu kei te whanga o Pukerua

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Joseph Filemu, Pukerua Bay

E tū ana a Joseph Filemu ki te taha o te tī kouka ki tōna kāinga ki Pukerua takiwā ki Porirua. Koinei te rākau tāpuketia ai tōna whenua. Whakapapa ai a Joseph ki a Ngāti Kahungunu, ki a Ngāpuhi, ki a Rangitāne. I tana whānautanga ka tāpuketia tōna whenua ki te pūtake o te rākau. Nō nehe rā anō tēnei tikanga a te Māori hei aha, hei here i te tangata ki te whenua.

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Papatūānuku – the land – Whenua – the placenta, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11439/joseph-filemu-kei-te-whanga-o-pukerua (accessed 4 June 2026).

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