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Kōrero: Ngāpuhi

Te whiri taura

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Making rope

Ka moe a Rāhiri i a Ahuaiti kia puta ki waho ko Uenuku. I muri i te wehenga a Rāhiri rāua ko Ahuaiti ka moe a Rāhiri i a Whakaruru kia puta ki waho ko Kaharau. I pakanga ngā tama e rua nei mō te mauri o te whānau. Hei whakahere i te rongomau ka herea tētahi taura. Kei runga i te whakaahua nei nō te tekau tau 1920, nō te tekau tau 1930 rānei e whakaatu ana i ngā Māori tokorua e whiri taura ana.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, H. N. Whitehead Collection (PAColl-3068)

Reference: G-4489-1/1

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rāwiri Taonui, Ngāpuhi – Ancestors, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4146/te-whiri-taura (accessed 4 June 2026).

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