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Kōrero: Whenua – how the land was shaped

Te matau a Māui

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Māui’s fish hook

I a Māui ka hī i tana ika, ka whakamahia e ia te kauae o tōna kuia a Murirangawhenua hei matau, ko Te Kauae-o-Māui (Cape Kidnappers) tērā.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Private collection

by Kynan Gentry

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Whenua – how the land was shaped – The North and South islands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8521/te-matau-a-maui (accessed 4 June 2026).

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