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Story: Te Waonui a Tāne – forest mythology

Tangi for the Māori queen

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Tangi for the Māori queen

Ae mārika, ko te marae whawhao o Tūrangawaewae. Inā te tini me te mano i tae ki te marae o Tūrangawaewae i te marama o Hereturikōkā i te tau 2006, ki te tangi i te kūini Māori a Te Arikinui Kahurangi Te Atairangikaahu. Ka mate he ariki, ka whakaritea ki te tōtara nui o te wao kua hinga.

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: 16 August 2006

by Sarah Ivey

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Te Waonui a Tāne – forest mythology – Sayings from the forest, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13167/tangi-for-the-maori-queen (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, published 1 March 2009.