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Kōrero: Kaumātua – Māori elders

Ko Hirawanu Tapu rāua ko tana wahine ko Rohana

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Hirawanu Tapu with his wife Rohana

Ko te kaumātua Moriori ko Hirawanu Tapu rāua ko tana wahine a Rohana, i te tau 1891. Kei ngā tau ono tekau tōna pakeke i tēnei whakaahua. I a ia e tai ana ka tohua koia hei kaituhi ki te hui kaunihera tuarua a te Moriori i te tau 1862. Nō muri ka mōhiotia ia he tohunga ki ngā kōrero Moriori. Ko Rore Glasgow te kāwana tuatahi kia tae ki Rēkohu, ā, ka tūtaki rawa ia ki a Tapu.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-020706-F

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

Rawinia Higgins rāua ko Paul Meredith, Kaumātua – Māori elders – Kaumātua and their role, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28350/ko-hirawanu-tapu-raua-ko-tana-wahine-ko-rohana (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rawinia Higgins rāua ko Paul Meredith, i tāngia i te 11 April 2011.