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Kōrero: Tāwhirimātea – the weather

Whārangi 7. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki

  • Astronomy NZ – Taatai Arorangi (Māori astronomy)

    Kei konei te tokomaha o ngā kōrero mō te tātai arorangi a te Māori. He whai hiranga tēnei kia whai marama i ngā mātauranga Māori mō ngā marama me te āhua o te rangi.

  • Māori environmental knowledge

    Kua kitea e te Māori Research and Development Unit (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research) ka taea e ētahi uri o Ngāti Pare (o Moehau) me Te Whānau-a-Apanui (te rāwhiti o Te Moana-a-Toitehuatahi) te pānui i te āhuarangi o o rātou rohe ake. Kei konei e whakarārangi ana ētahi o o rātou matapae huarere.

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

  • Best, Elsdon. The astronomical knowledge of the Maori, genuine and empirical. New ed. Christchurch: Kiwi, 2002 (originally published 1922).
  • Best, Elsdon. Māori religion and mythology. 2 vols. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2005 (originally published 1924).
  • Orbell, Margaret. A concise encyclopedia of Māori myth and legend. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 1998.
  • Reed, A. W. Reed book of Māori mythology. Revised by Ross Calman. Auckland: Reed, 2004.
Ki mua Whai muri: Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa Whai muri

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Tāwhirimātea – the weather, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/10262/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 March 2022.