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Kōrero: Ngārara – reptiles

Whakapapa o te tuatara me te mokomoko

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Whakapapa of tuatara and lizards

Heke ai ngā tuatara me ngā mokomoko i a Tangaroa te atua o te moana. Whakapapa mai ai ngā mokomoko i a Punga; e kī ana te kōrero he anuanu ōna uri. Ko Tū-te-wanawana (Tū-te-winiwini rānei) te tama a Punga; ko ēnei ōna uri: te kawekaweau, te tuatara, te mokopāpā, te mokomoko. Huaina katoatia ai ēnei, he ngārara.

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Bradford Haami, Ngārara – reptiles – What are ngārara?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/whakapapa/12931/whakapapa-o-te-tuatara-me-te-mokomoko (accessed 27 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bradford Haami, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.