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Kōrero: Papatūānuku – the land

Tamatekapua te wharenui

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Tamatekapua whare rūnanga (meeting house)

He wā anō ka taunahatia he whenua e te rangatira, mā te whakarite i taua whenua ki tētahi wāhi o tōna tinana. I te taunga o Te Arawa ki Aotearoa, ka taunahatia e tōna rangatira e Tamatekapua te kūrae o Ōkurei i Maketū, mā te whakarite i taua wāhi ki te kūrei o tōna ihu. Inarā ko te ingoa whānui o taua wāhi ko Te Kūreitanga-o-te-ihu-o-Tamatekapua. Ko Tamatekapua te tekoteko kei te whare i tapaina mōna i Ōhinemutu, takiwā ki Rotorua.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki

by Josiah Martin

Permission of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki 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 – Birth from the earth – being indigenous, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11457/tamatekapua-te-wharenui (accessed 4 June 2026).

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