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Kōrero: Tangaroa – the sea

Ngā whakairo kei waho i te whare

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Carved exterior

Nā Ruatepupuke ngā whakairo o waho o te whare o Tangaroa i kawe ki te whenua. Ka noho aua whakairo hei tauira mō ngā whakairo katoa a te Māori, pēnei i ēnei whakairo ki te mahau o te wharenui i te marae o Te Herenga Waka.

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/7403/nga-whakairo-kei-waho-i-te-whare (accessed 4 June 2026).

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