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Kōrero: Tapa whenua – naming places

Aoraki

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Aoraki/Mt Cook

Ko Aoraki te maunga teitei rawa ki Te Wai Pounamu, ā, he maunga tapu ki a Ngāi Tahu. Ki te mita o Ngāi Tahu, ko Aoraki ko Aorangi. Puta noa i Te Moananui-a-Kiwa ngā maunga Aorangi, ā, i te maha o ngā moutere ka tūtata ki tētahi atu maunga, ko Hikurangi.

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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/18647/aoraki (accessed 4 June 2026).

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