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Kōrero: Traditional Māori religion – ngā karakia a te Māori

Tuhinga 'Te Komiti o Tupai'

Ko te tuhinga tēnei a Pūrākau Maika ki Kehemane (wharenui o Tākitimu) i te 12 o Mei 1904. He mea tapa 'Te Komiti o Tupai' ki te ingoa tupuna o Wairarapa, ki a Tupai, he tohunga nō runga i te waka o Tākitimui heke mai i Wairarapa ka whakatū whare wānanga. Te kaupapa a te 'Komiti o Tupai' he tuhituhi i ngā kōrero o te whare wānanga nā Te Mātorohanga rāua ko Nēpia Pōhūhū, ēnā tohunga rongonui tokorua o Wairarapa.

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Basil Keane, Traditional Māori religion – ngā karakia a te Māori – Ngā atua – the gods, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/30775/tuhinga-te-komiti-o-tupai (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 28 April 2011.

Comments

Colin Andrews
25 December 2024
In regards my last comment, the date of the Takatimu Waka coming to New Zealand was actually about 500 years not 600.
Colin John Andrews
25 December 2024
In regards the comments made by me on 04 August 2023, the answer to this query as stated above incorrect. An oversight on my part, related to the research on this subject. The mistake I made between Tupai and Rupai is about 600 years apart. The first reference of Tupai is indeed that of the Maori religious mythology brought to Aotearoa Circa 1350 in the most sacred tapu waka Takatimu. Rupai, about 600 years later is the young Maori boy, in my comment above, full name George Rupai believed christened by Bishop Selwyn Circa 1841 with an English first name. Rupai, a student at Eton College for 2 years, taught Bishop Selwyn to speak Maori and learn the Maori culture to build Christianity on. Bishop Selwyn invited Rupai to accompany him on his voyage to New Zealand, and it was during this 6-month voyage that Bishop Selwyn became fluent in the speaking the Maori language, and his first sermon in New Zealand was in Maori.
Colin Andrews
04 August 2023
Is this Tohunga 'Tupai' associated with the Takitimu waka and the brother in law of Tamatea-arikinui (captain of the Takitimu waka) related to 'Tupai' who, as a young Maori boy, having had two years schooling in England in the late 1830s, early 1840s, returned to Aotearoa 1841 with Bishop Selwyn?