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Kōrero: Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration

Te awa o Rangitīkei

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Rangitīkei River

Ka whai a Matanginui i tētahi pōkai manu i Te Wairarapa kia whakawhiti i te pae maunga o Tararua ka taka iho ki te awa o Rangitīkei. He maha ngā wāhi i te awa nāna i taunaha. Nāwai ā, ka noho ia ki te tihi o Rangitoea, ka moemoe āna tamariki ki roto i ngā iwi o Ngāti Apa me Ngāti Hauiti.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/1-006693; G

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rāwiri Taonui, Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration – Western North Island, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15874/te-awa-o-rangitikei (accessed 4 June 2026).

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