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Kōrero: Tapa whenua – naming places

Motutapu

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Motutapu Island

Tū ana a Motutapu ki te tomokanga ki Te Waitematā. Huri noa i Te Moananui-a-Kiwa ngā moutere i tapaina ko Motutapu. Ka tū ēnei moutere ki te tomokanga ki ngā whanga nui, ka noho hoki hei wāhi okioki mō ngā tāngata i hoe mai i te moana nui.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rāwiri Taonui, Tapa whenua – naming places – Traditions and place names from Polynesia, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18646/motutapu (accessed 4 June 2026).

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