Kōrero: Ngā pakanga o Aotearoa

Te Pou o Tītokowaru

Te Pou o Tītokowaru

Kei te whakahouhia e mātou te whārangi reo Māori nei

E whakaatu ana te pou whakairo nei kei te marae o Te Herenga Waka ki te Wānanga o Wikitōria ki roto o Pōneke i a Tītokowaru e pupuri ana i tētahi ngutu parera. Hei tohu whakanui tēnei i te toa o tēnei poropiti o Ngā Ruahine, ki te pakanga, otirā hei kairautaki. E rua ngā upoko kei raro i ōna waewae. Ko te mea kei te taha mauī ko te Kāwana, a Tā George Bowen, nāna i uta te kotahi mano pauna hei utu i te mauheretanga o Tītokowaru, me tētahi rima pauna mō ia tangata o te hunga tutū ka mauheretia. Hei whakautu i tā Bowen ka utaina e Tītokowaru te rua herengi me te 6 kapa ki runga i a Bowen. Ko te upoko kei te taha matau ko Meiha Gustavus von Tempsky, i whakamatea e Tītokowaru me ana tāngata i Te Ngutu-o-te-manu.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Te Tumu Herenga Waka Marae, Victoria University of Wellington

All rights to images of this marae are held by Te Tumu Herenga Waka Marae, Victoria University of Wellington

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Danny Keenan, 'Ngā pakanga o Aotearoa - Te pakanga a Tītokowaru, tau 1868–1869', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/36932/te-pou-o-titokowaru (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Danny Keenan, i tāngia i te 20 Jun 2012, reviewed & revised 29 Nov 2022