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Kōrero: Whāngai – customary fostering and adoption

Ko Māui rāua ko tōna koroua

I whāngaihia te tipuna a Māui e tōna koroua e Tamanui-ki-te-rangi. Nāna ia i whakaora i tōna kitenga i tātahi e paengatai ana. Kei tēnei whakaahua e ako ana a Māui i ngā kōrero a tōna koroua mō Ranginui rāua ko Papatūānuku.

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Reference: Peter Gossage, How Maui found his mother. Auckland: Raupo Publishing, 2005.

by Peter Gossage

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Basil Keane, Whāngai – customary fostering and adoption – Traditions and history, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/31030/ko-maui-raua-ko-tona-koroua (accessed 5 July 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 10 May 2011, updated 1 June 2017.