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Kōrero: Tapa whenua – naming places

Hikurangi

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Hikurangi

Ko Hikurangi te maunga tapu o Ngāti Porou. Tū ai ki te maha o ngā moutere i Te Moananui-a-Kiwa he maunga Hikurangi, kei te takiwā tētahi atu maunga, ko Aorangi.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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by Lloyd Homer

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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/18648/hikurangi (accessed 4 June 2026).

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