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Story: Māori fiction – ngā tuhinga paki

Te Rangikāheke manuscript

This manuscript extract by Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikāheke includes waiata extracts and a letter to Governor George Grey. Much early Māori writing was recording Māori traditions in te reo. Te Rangikāheke was a prolific producer of Māori-language manuscript material.

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Reference: GNZMA 75

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Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, Māori fiction – ngā tuhinga paki – Roots of Māori fiction, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/42285/te-rangikaheke-manuscript (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, published 5 August 2013.