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Kōrero: Te whānau puha – whales

Te piu o te whiore tohorā

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Sperm whale fluking

Kei te takutai o Kaikōura tēnei parāoa. E tiaho ana te o te rā ki runga i te hiku o te parāoa nei i mua i tōna tirikohutanga. Ko ngā tūruhi ka haere ki Kaikōura kia tiro ki ngā whakamīharotanga o te rōpū ‘Whale Watch’. I te nuinga o ngā haerenga a ‘Whale Watch’ ka kitea he parāoa. Nā te tangata whenua nā Ngāti Kuri, a ‘Whale Watch’. He hapū rātou nō Ngāi Tahu o Te Wai Pounamu.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Whale Watch Kaikoura

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Bradford Haami, Te whānau puha – whales – Whales in Māori tradition, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9189/te-piu-o-te-whiore-tohora (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bradford Haami, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.