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Kōrero: Māori musical instruments – taonga puoro

Ko Tūtāneki e whakatangi ana i tōna pūtōrino

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Tūtānekai playing his flute

E tū pakoko ana te rangatira toa a Tūtānekai ki te pokapū o te taone o Rotorua. E ai ki a Te Arawa noho rawa ai a Tūtānekai ki te motutere o Mokoia kei te pūkanohi Te Rotoruanui-a-Kahumatamomoe. Ko Hinemoa i noho kē mai ki uta. I whakahē tōna whānau kia hono rāua. Ka kauterehia e ia te moana i te pōuriuri, ā, takina mai i ngā au puoro a Tūtānekai. E ai ki ētahi ehara ko Tūtānekai te kaiwhakatangi. 

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Brian Flintoff, Māori musical instruments – taonga puoro – Melodic instruments – the family of Rangi, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/42158/ko-tutaneki-e-whakatangi-ana-i-tona-putorino (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Brian Flintoff, i tāngia i te 9 July 2013.