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Kōrero: Whāngai – customary fostering and adoption

Tamatea-pōkaiwhenua

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Tamatea-pōkaiwhenua

E pupuri ana a Tamatea-pōkaiwhenua i tetahi hoe. Tera te korero mo te wahine a Tamatea i a Ihuparapara, i moe tinihangatia  e Uenuku, atua o te aniwaniwa. I kawea ta raua tamaiti e Uenuku ki Te Tini-o-te-petipeti ki reira whāngaihia.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Te Tumu Herenga Waka Marae, Victoria University of Wellington

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Whāngai – customary fostering and adoption – Traditions and history, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/31031/tamatea-pokaiwhenua (accessed 5 July 2026).

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