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Kōrero: Papatūānuku – the land

Te whakapapa o te ao tukupū

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Whakarongo ki te wāhanga tuatahi o tētahi whakapapa mō te pūtake o te ao tukupū.

Nā te kukune te pupuke
Nā te pupuke te hihiri
Nā te hihiri te mahara
Nā te mahara te hinengaro
Nā te hinengaro te manako
Nā te manako ka hua
Te Wānanga

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Johannes C. Andersen, Maori Life in Ao-tea. Christchurch: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1907

Sound file from Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Papatūānuku – the land – Whakapapa and kaupapa, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/speech/11475/te-whakapapa-o-te-ao-tukupu (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.