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Kōrero: Ngā manu – birds

Kōtare

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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

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by Geoff Moon

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Kelly Keane, Ngā manu – birds – Sayings, metaphors and stories, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12174/kotare (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kelly Keane, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009, updated 17 February 2015.