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Kōrero: Kōrero taiao

Ururoa

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Ururoa (great white shark)

E mea ana te ururoa nei ki te nao i te mōunu. Mēnā he kaha tētahi tangata ki te kai kua kīia he puku taniwha. Ka mīharo hoki te Māori mō te kaha o te ururoa i te pakanga; whāia ka hua te kōrero, ‘Kia mate ururoa, kei mate wheke’.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

by Malcolm Francis

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Kōrero taiao – Good and bad qualities, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8901/ururoa (accessed 4 June 2026).

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