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Kōrero: First peoples in Māori tradition

Te nehenehe nui

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Thick North Island bush

Noho ai te patupaiarehe me te kākarepō ki ngā ngahere ururua. Mōhiotia ai rātou i Te Ika-a-Māui, he maero, he iwi weriweri. Nō te taenga o ngā iwi o Hawaiki ki Aotearoa, ka rere rātou ki ngā ngahere o Taranaki me Whanganui whakamaru ai. I Te Wai Pounamu, karangahia ai ēnei iwi he māeroero, ā, ko tā rātou mahi he haukoti i ngā tira haere.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

GNS Science

Reference: 19989

by Lloyd Homer

Permission of GNS Science must be obtained before any use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, First peoples in Māori tradition – Ancestors from the natural world, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2405/te-nehenehe-nui (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009.