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Kōrero: Te Waonui a Tāne – forest mythology

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Te waonui a Tāne

Pre-Māori vegetation

Te wao i mua i te taenga o te Māori (1 o 2)

New Zealand vegetation around 1840

Ngahere o Aotearoa i te takiwā o 1840 (2 o 2)

Tāne carving

He whakairo i a Tāne

Separating earth and sky

Te wehe i a Rangi me Papa

The separation of heaven and earth

Te wehenga o Rangi rāua ko Papa

Giant kauri

Kauri – te rākau nui o te wao

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Te kawa o te marae

Meeting house

Whaikōrero

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Ngā tohu i ngā rākau me ngā tipu

Genealogy of trees

Whakapapa o ngā rākau

Raukawa

Harakeke plant

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Ngā pou me ngā tumu

Hongi Hika

Tukutuku panel

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Ngā whakataukī ka ahu mai te wao

Tangi for the Māori queen

Tangihanga o te kūini Māori

Ongaonga – tree nettle

Rāpaki (wrap)

Tōtara proverb

Whakataukī tōtara

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/te-waonui-a-tane/media (accessed 21 February 2020)

He kōrero nā Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, i tāngia i te 24 Sep 2007