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Kōrero: Ngāpuhi

Tāne mahuta ki te uru kauri o Waipoua

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Tāne Mahuta, Waipoua kauri forest

Ko Moetonga te wahine tuatoru a Rāhiri. E noho ana ōna uri ki te ngahere o Waipoua. I ēnei rā kei konei te uru kauri nui rawa kei Aotearoa nei. E karangahia ana te rākau nui rawa ko Tāne Mahuta. E whakaarohia ana neke atu i te 2,100 te tawhito o ngā tau o tēnei rākau.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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by Peter Hodsell

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Rāwiri Taonui, Ngāpuhi – Tribal links and movement, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4137/tane-mahuta-ki-te-uru-kauri-o-waipoua (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.