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Kōrero: Matariki – Te Tau Hou Māori

Puanga Whakataukī

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Temporary drying wall on side of river where people are standing

Ka hua ngā pua, koia ko Puanga
Kia tiaho a Puanga, he tohu i te mao o te miro me te rere o te piharau

He whakatinanatanga ngā whakataukī i ngā kaupapa o Puanga:

  1. Te kaitahitahi o te tau: he hokinga mahara, he whakarite mō te tau hou
  2. Te kairūri o te tau: he matapae huarere
  3. Ngā tohu o te tau: te kai me te whakarite
  4. Te whetū taki o te tau: me pēhea  a Puanga e whakaawe i a tātou

Kei te whakaahua nei he utu piharau e pātata ana ki a Pungarehu, kei te awa o Whanganui, i kapongia e William James Harding i waenga i ngā tau 1856 ki te 1889. 

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/1-000483-G

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Paul Meredith, Matariki – Te Tau Hou Māori – Puanga o te Rangi, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/puanga-whakatauki (accessed 28 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Meredith, i tāngia i te 30 April 2026, reviewed and revised 30 April 2026 me te āwhina o Che Wilson.