Kōrero: Ngā manu

Kōtare

Kōtare

Ka monoa te Māori ki te kōtare nā te mea ka kimi kai ana a ia kāore mō te nekeneke, kaore mō te aha, kia hihiko rawa te rere ki te kai. Koirā te take ka whakaritea te tūtei mataara ki te kōtare.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Private collection
Photograph by Geoff Moon

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Kelly Keane, 'Ngā manu - Ngā whakataukī, ngā kupu whakarite, ngā pūrākau', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12174/kotare (accessed 27 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Kelly Keane, i tāngia i te 24 Sep 2007, reviewed & revised 17 Feb 2015