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Kōrero: Tangihanga – death customs

Hine-nui-te-pō rāua ko Māui

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Hine-nui-te-pō and Māui

He whakairo tēnei o te atua o mate i Hine-nui-te-pō, i te whainga o Māui kia patua ia mā te tomo i a ia me te whakaputa mā tana waha. Ka hinga a Māui i a Hine-nui-te-pō, ā, ka mate tonu ai te tangata, ā, hinga tonu atu ki tō rātou tipuna, arā te atua o te pō me te mate, ki a Hine-nui-te-pō.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PAColl-6585-10

by Charles A. Lloyd

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, Tangihanga – death customs – Mythological origins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28777/hine-nui-te-po-raua-ko-maui (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rawinia Higgins, i tāngia i te 3 May 2011.