Kōrero: Tangaroa – the sea

Ki mua

Tekoteko

Whai muri

Ko Kupe te tekoteko e tū ana ki te wharenui i te marae o Te Herenga Waka. Nā Kupe te whenua o Aotearoa i tūhura. Tērā te kōrero e mea ana ko Te Manuhauturuki te tekoteko tuatahi rawa, nā Tangaroa i whakanoho ki tōna wharenui. Ki ētahi iwi, he wāhi nui tō te tekoteko i te wharenui.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Te Tumu Herenga Waka Marae, Victoria University of Wellington

All rights to images of this marae are held by Te Tumu Herenga Waka Marae, Victoria University of Wellington

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Tangaroa – the sea – Ruatepupuke and the origin of carving, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7401/tekoteko (accessed 25 June 2026).

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

Comments

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12 May 2014

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