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Kōrero: Te whānau puha – whales

He paenga ūpokohue kei Ōpoutere

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Beached whales, Ōpoutere

Kua pae ēnei ūpokohue ki te tāhuna i Ōpoutere. I ngā rā ō mua, he mana ariki tō te tohorā. I ahu mai pea i tēnei tirohanga a te Māori te whakataukī: ‘He paenga pakakē’ – arā te kauika tohorā ka pae ki uta. Whakaritea ai te kōrero nei ki te maha o ngā rangatira i hinga i te matawhāura.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

New Zealand Herald

Reference: 1 December 2004

Permission of the New Zealand Herald must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Bradford Haami, Te whānau puha – whales – Whales and Māori society, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9202/he-paenga-upokohue-kei-opoutere (accessed 4 June 2026).

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