Pūrākau (Māori Myths and Legends)
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Explore te ao Māori through pūrākau retold by various iwi (tribes) about the origins of time through atua Māori (Māori gods) and the historic travel sites visited by many tīpuna (ancestors) including Ranginui (Sky Father), Tāwhirimātea (God of the winds), Kupe and Māui. SCIS no. 1808309
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Ko hine te iwaiwa, ko hine korako, ko rona whakamau tai
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‘Te wehenga o Rangi rāua ko Papa’
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Te Po and Papatuanuku
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Tāne raising the sky
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"Ancestor of Taranaki"
Puke Ariki
Tāwhirimātea and children
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A painting of Awanuiarangi
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The Māori Gods - Book One: The Beginning of the Universe (English)
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The Māori Gods, Book Three – The Battle at Te PaerangI
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A Maori Creation Story - Ranginui and Papatūānuku
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Tenei au, tenei au (This is me, this is me)
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Haumia
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The Māori Gods, Book Four – Tāne and the Baskets of Knowledge
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Papatūānuku - Aho Wahine: Book One
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Hineahuone - Aho Wahine: Book Two
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Te Ika A Maui - Maui's Fish
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Mahuika - Aho Wahine Book Four (English)
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Hinenuitepō - Aho Wahine: Book Three (English Version)
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Tāwhirimātea
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Rongomātāne
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Ranginui – the sky father
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The ancestor Paikea
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Papatūānuku – the earth mother
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Hineraukatauri and her Putorino
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Taranga
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Cliff Whiting with 'Aoraki', October 1987
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Cliff Whiting with his art work Tawhiri Matea - Photograph taken by John Nicholson
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Kurangaituku
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Hinemoa and Tūtānekai
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Tamatekapua
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Rongoueroa
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TALES FROM MAORI LEGENDS. (Otago Witness, 24 June 1897)
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Patupaiarehe and ponaturi
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Tūmatauenga
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Toroa and Tūhoe-pōtiki
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Moriori waka
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Heralding the new year
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He Kōrero Pūrākau mo te Awanui o Te Motu: Story of a New Zealand river
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Ngāti Raukawa
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Ngāti Toarangatira
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Northern explorers
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Coastal explorers
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Tainui and the Waikato
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Te Arawa explorers
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Western North Island
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The Bay of Plenty
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Wairarapa and Wellington
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The East Coast
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The South Island
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Tāwhaki
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Tribal boundaries and resources
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Toi descendants
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Tribes and lands
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Kahungunu and Rongomaiwahine
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New Zealand’s third main island
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Ngāi Tahu and pounamu
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The origins of Rangitāne
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Ngāti Tūwharetoa
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The journeys of Ngātoroirangi and Tia
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Tūwharetoa
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Mountains and lakes
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Whanganui tribes
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Tribal history and places
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The tribes of Tāmaki
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The ancestor Maniapoto
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Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
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Taniwha slayers
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Flying kites, spinning tops and other games
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The Tauranga tribes
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He purapura i ruia mai i Rangiatea
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Māori traditions
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Canoes of Bay of Plenty
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Events, maps and European influences
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Ngāti Kurī, Ngāi Takoto, Te Pātū and Ngāti Kahu
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Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa
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Māori Religious Movements
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Myths and Legends
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Matariki
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The separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku
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Ngāi Tahu teacher resources
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Tāwhaki: The story of the sculpture
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Rākaihautū: Naming the great lakes of the canoe of Aoraki
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