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Kōrero: Te Waonui a Tāne – forest mythology

Tangihanga o te kūini Māori

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Tangi for the Māori queen

Ae mārika, ko te marae whawhao o Tūrangawaewae. Inā te tini me te mano i tae ki te marae o Tūrangawaewae i te marama o Hereturikōkā i te tau 2006, ki te tangi i te kūini Māori a Te Arikinui Kahurangi Te Ātairangikaahu. Ka mate he ariki, ka whakaritea ki te tōtara nui o te wao kua hinga.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

New Zealand Herald

Reference: 16 August 2006

by Sarah Ivey

Permission of the New Zealand Herald must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Te Waonui a Tāne – forest mythology – Sayings from the forest, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13167/tangihanga-o-te-kuini-maori (accessed 4 June 2026).

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