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Kōrero: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration

Tamatea

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Tamatea

Ko Tamatea tētahi o ngā kaihōpara nui rawa atu o Aotearoa. Me kī, ko Marco Polo ki Ūropi, ko Tamatea ki Aotearoa. I huri taiāwhio ia i Te Ika-a-Māui me Te Wai Pounamu, toro rawa atu ki te tuawhenua. Ko Tamatea-pōkai-whenua, ko Tamatea-pōkai-moana ētahi o ōna ingoa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Te Tumu Herenga Waka Marae, Victoria University of Wellington

All rights to images of this marae are held by Te Tumu Herenga Waka Marae, Victoria University of Wellington

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rāwiri Taonui, Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration – The East Coast, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14156/tamatea (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.