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Kōrero: First peoples in Māori tradition

Te kohu i Te Urewera

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Urewera in mist

Ahakoa whakaheke ai ngā whakapapa a te Māori i ngā waka o Hawaiki, arā anō ngā hononga taketake ki tēnei whenua ake. Nā Te Pēhi i tapa te ingoa ‘ngā tamariki o te kohu’ ki runga te iwi o Tuhoe. E kī ana te kōrero nā Hine-pūkohu-rangi a Te Maunga i whakawai kia heke iho i ngā rangi ki te whenua. Nā rāua ko Pōtiki, te tipuna o Ngāi Tūhoe. Nā reira ka whānau te iwi o Tūhoe mai i ōna maunga me te kohu e kākahu ana i a rātou.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Department of Conservation

Reference: 10050812

by Chris Rudge

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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/2411/te-kohu-i-te-urewera (accessed 4 June 2026).

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