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Kōrero: Whāngai – customary fostering and adoption

Ko Rewi Maniapoto me tana tama whāngai, tau 1879

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Rewi Maniapoto and whāngai son, 1879

Ko te rangatira o Ngāti Maniapoto ko Rewi Maniapoto (taha matau) e mau ana ki te korowai me te patu. Ko tana tamaiti whāngai a Ngāmotu Pateriki kei te mau kākahu Pākehā me te patu. Waihoki ki te rahinga o ngā whāngai, he huanga ake ia nō tana whanaunga a Ngāmotu.

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Basil Keane, Whāngai – customary fostering and adoption – The custom of whāngai, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/31026/ko-rewi-maniapoto-me-tana-tama-whangai-tau-1879 (accessed 5 July 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 10 May 2011, updated 1 June 2017.