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Kōrero: Tapa whenua – naming places

Te ingoa wāhi roa rawa atu i te ao

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The longest place name in the world

He maha ngā ingoa wāhi a te Māori ka kōrero mō tētahi kaupapa ake. Ko te whakapae, koinei te ingoa wāhi roa rawa atu i te ao: Taumata-whakatangihanga-kōauau-o-Tamatea-turi-pūkaka-piki-maunga-horonuku-pōkai-whenua-ki-tāna-tahu.

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by Emily Tutaki

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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/18650/te-ingoa-wahi-roa-rawa-atu-i-te-ao (accessed 12 June 2026).

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

Comments

Liz Duff
10 July 2013
Thank you for putting up this cite. Liz Duff.