Kōrero: Whenua – how the land was shaped

Ki mua

Ngā kōawa i te wao

Whai muri

E ai ki te Māori, ko ngā pae maunga ngā ū o Papatūānuku, i te mea ka puta ngā awa me ngā kōawa i reira. Ka tirohia ngā wai māori, anō ko ngā waiū a Papatūānuku. Anei tēnei kōawa e rere ana i te wao nui.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

GNS Science

Reference: CN40000

by Lloyd Homer

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Whenua – how the land was shaped – A dramatic landscape, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6717/nga-koawa-i-te-wao (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.