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Story: Te mana o te wāhine – Māori women

Karanga

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Karanga

A kaikaranga stands and gives a call of welcome as part of the pōwhiri process. It is often noted that because of the karanga, the first voice heard on the marae is a woman’s.

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Rawinia Higgins rāua ko Paul Meredith, Te mana o te wāhine – Māori women – Waiata, karanga and whaikōrero, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31569/karanga (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rawinia Higgins rāua ko Paul Meredith, published 10 May 2011, updated 1 June 2017.

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Constance
27 June 2016
Tēnā koutou Te whanau o Te ara naku e mihi Kia koutou Te whanau mo ou mahi Kua hapai I ahau