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Kōrero: Traditional Māori warfare – Riri

Ko Houmaitawhiti

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Houmaitawhiti

Ko te tipuna o Te Arawa tēnei ko Houmaitawhiti. I patua te kurī a Houmaitawhiti, arā, a Pōtaka Tawhiti e tētahi anō rangatira, ko Uenuku te ingoa. Nā te tānoa a taua kurī i ana parapara ka patua e Uenuku te kurī rā kia mate. Kātahi ka tūria ngā pakanga a ngā tama a Houmaitawhiti, arā, a Tamatekapua me Whakatūria, ki a Uenuku. I runga i tēnei take ka wehe a Tamatekapua me Te Arawa i Hawaiki. 

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Rotorua Museum of Art and History, Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa

by Paul Tapsell

Permission of Rotorua Museum of Art and History Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Traditional Māori warfare – Riri – Making war and making peace, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/37082/ko-houmaitawhiti (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 14 June 2012.

Comments

skyla
17 September 2023
amazing content on this page verry acurat and simmalar to my koro freds story (houmaitawhiti is my grandparent)