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Kōrero: Kurī – Polynesian dogs

Pōtaka Tawhiti

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Pōtaka Tawhiti

Ko Pōtaka Tawhiti te kurī i te kumete nei, koia tētahi o ngā kurī rongonui rawa i te ao Māori. Nā Houmaitawhiti te kurī nei, ā, koia tētahi o ngā rangatira nui o Hawaiki. Nā Uenuku te kurī i kai. Nā te tama a Hou, nā Tamatekapua te kurī i kite, e auau ana i te puku o Uenuku. Kātahi ka tipu te riri; nō muri ka arahina e Tamatekapua tōna iwi i te ara roa ki Aotearoa i runga i a Te Arawa.

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Basil Keane, Kurī – Polynesian dogs – Traditional accounts of kurī, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16226/potaka-tawhiti (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.