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Kōrero: Tāwhirimātea – the weather

Te whakarite ki te ika

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Mackerel markings

Ka whakaritea e ngā Māori ngā kapua ki ētahi māra kūmara, engari ko te Pākehā i whakaritea ki ngā tohu o te tawatawa. Nō konei ka tipu te kōrero a te Pākehā he rangi tawatawa, ‘a mackerel sky’.

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by Malcolm Francis

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Basil Keane, Tāwhirimātea – the weather – Clouds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8269/te-whakarite-ki-te-ika (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 March 2022.