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Kōrero: Maramataka – the lunar calendar

Tūtakangahau

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Maramataka expert, Tūtakangahau

He rangatira a Tūtakangahau nō Ngāi Tūhoe. Koia tērā e tū mai rā i te taha mauī. Ko tōna kāinga ko Maungapōhatu i Te Urewera. He tohunga whakapapa, koia tētahi o ngā ākonga mutunga i te whare maire o tōna iwi. He nui ngā kōrero me ngā whakamārama i tukuna e ia ki a Te Pēhi (Elsdon Best). Hei tā Te Pēhi, koia te ‘tohunga pono rawa, mōhio rawa ki ngā kōrero o mua.’

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-004156; F

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

Paul Meredith, Maramataka – the lunar calendar – Lunar months, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5383/tutakangahau (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Meredith, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.