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Kōrero: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration

‘Te ara kōhatu’

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‘Te ara kōhatu’

Nā Lewis Tamihana tēnei taonga toi i auaha, ko ‘Te ara kōhatu’. Ka pā te ingoa o te taonga nei ki ngā rawa kōhatu. I kāhakina e Poutini te wahine a Tamaahua mai i te motu o Tūhua i Te Moana-a-Toi. Ka whāia haerehia e Tamaahua ki ētahi wāhi, he keringa kōhatu katoa. I te otinga, ka hurihia e Poutini te wahine rā hei pounamu ki te awa o Arahura i Te Tai Poutini.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Tinakori Gallery

by Lewis Gardiner

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Rāwiri Taonui, Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration – The South Island, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14160/te-ara-kohatu (accessed 24 June 2026).

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