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Kōrero: Canoe traditions

He tānga mō te ūnga mai o Turi

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Painting of the arrival of Turi

Ko Turi te rangatira o Aotea i te wehenga mai i Hawaiki whai muri i ngā riri ki a Uenuku. He uri rongonui a Ōriwa Tahupōtiki Haddon o Ngāti Ruanui nō Turi, he tohungatā hoki a ia. Kei te whakaahua nei a Ōriwa me te tohungatā a Charles Duncan Hay-Campbell i te taha o tā rāua tānga mō te taenga mai o Turi ki Pātea. Nō te 2 o ngā rā o Ākuhata 1933 tangohia ai te whakaahua nei.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PAColl-5671-29

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rāwiri Taonui, Canoe traditions – Canoes of the west coast and lower North Island, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2364/he-tanga-mo-te-unga-mai-o-turi (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009.