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Kōrero: Tapa whenua – naming places

Te māra o ngā kōhatu e whitu i Rarotonga

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Garden of seven stones, Rarotonga

E ai ki ngā pūkenga o te rau tau atu i 1900, kitea tuatahitia ai a Aotearoa e Ngā Waka e Whitu. Ka whakanuia tērā āhuatanga i tēnei māra kei Rarotonga. Ka whakapae ētahi i haere ngā waka ki Aotearoa mai i Rarotonga. He maha ngā ingoa kei Aotearoa ka rite ki ngā ingoa kei Rarotonga.

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by Lois Farrow

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Rāwiri Taonui, Tapa whenua – naming places – Exploration and naming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18635/te-mara-o-nga-kohatu-e-whitu-i-rarotonga (accessed 25 June 2026).

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