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Kōrero: When was New Zealand first settled?

Pou whakairo ki te pokapū whakatau manuhiri o Arataki

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Carved post, Arataki visitor centre

Tū ai te pou whakairo nei ki waho o te pokapū whakatau manuhiri i te pae o Waitākere i te uru o Tāmaki. Ko ngā tīpuna o Te Kawerau-a-Maki ēnei e whakaaturia nei. Ko Tiriwā te tipuna tōmua rawa, koia tērā kei runga rawa. Kei raro iho i a ia ko Hape (tohunga matua i runga i a Tainui), Hoturoa (rangatira o Tainui), Maki (he toa rongonui), Te Kawerau a Maki (tama a Maki) me Te Hawiti (tuarua a Maki). He tauira tēnei o te haerenga ngātahitanga o ngā whakapapa o te tangata (a Maki rātou ko ōna uri) me ō ngā tīpuna tōmua pēnei i a Tiriwā, a Hape me Hoturoa.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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Geoff Irwin rāua ko Carl Walrond, When was New Zealand first settled? – Genealogical dating, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/3612/pou-whakairo-ki-te-pokapu-whakatau-manuhiri-o-arataki (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Geoff Irwin rāua ko Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 May 2016.