Kōrero: Ngāti Whātua

Tāne Mahuta – ‘Atua o te ngahere’

Tāne Mahuta – ‘Atua o te ngahere’

Kotahi anō rā te tipuna taketake o ngā iwi katoa o Ngāti Whātua. Ki ngā iwi ka noho ki te raki o te rohe ko Tuputupuwhenua tōna ingoa, ki ngā iwi ki te tonga o te rohe, ko Tumutumuwhenua kē tōna ingoa. E kī ana te kōrero ko ngā uri o Tuputupuwhenua te iwi tuatahi kia noho ki te ngahere o Waipoua. I tēnei wa, e 75 ōrau o ngā kauri o Aotearoa kei te ngahere o Waipoua. Ko Tāne Mahuta te rākau nui rawa atu i te motu.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Private collection
Photograph by Peter Hodsell

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Rāwiri Taonui, 'Ngāti Whātua - Ngā pūtake', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1196/tane-mahuta-atua-o-te-ngahere (accessed 19 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, updated 22 Mar 2017