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Kōrero: Hawaiki

He waha kōrero i tētahi tangihanga e poroporoaki ana i te tūpāpaku

Hei ngā wā o te tangihanga, he tikanga whaikōrero kia whakaritea te matenga o te tangata ki tōna hokinga ki Hawaiki, te pūtake me te otinga o te tangata. Ko Martin Wikaira o Ngāti Tūwharetoa tēnei kaikōrero.

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Hawaiki – The significance of Hawaiki, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/475/he-waha-korero-i-tetahi-tangihanga-e-poroporoaki-ana-i-te-tupapaku (accessed 30 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 April 2015.

Comments

Ayleen Wikotu
13 May 2011
Kia ora just want to say my dad taught me that Hawaiki was my mum. Ha-my 1st breath; wai-the water I lived in for the 1st 9 months of my life; and ki-meaning full. Thus Ha-wai-ki. As I fill my mother's womb with my growing body I await the rushing waters to take my 1st breath. Hawaiki