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
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
‘Te wehenga o Rangi rāua ko Papa’
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Papatūānuku and Ranginui
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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
Rākaihautū
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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)
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
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
Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
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: Ranginui – the sky father
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The ancestor Paikea
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Papatūānuku – the land: Papatūānuku – the earth mother
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Hineraukatauri and her Putorino
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Hinepūkohurangi me Te Maunga
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Cliff Whiting with 'Aoraki', October 1987
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Cliff Whiting with his art work Tawhiri Matea - Photograph taken by John Nicholson
Alexander Turnbull Library
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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Ngāpuhi: Ancestors
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Whenua – how the land was shaped: Kupe
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Patupaiarehe: Patupaiarehe and ponaturi
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Tūmatauenga
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Ngāi Tūhoe: Toroa and Tūhoe-pōtiki
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Waka – canoes: Moriori waka
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Matariki – Te Tau Hou Māori: 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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Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration: Northern explorers
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Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration: Coastal explorers
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Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration: Tainui and the Waikato
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Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration: Te Arawa explorers
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Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration: Western North Island
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Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration: The Bay of Plenty
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Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration: Wairarapa and Wellington
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Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration: The East Coast
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Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration: The South Island
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Tāwhaki
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Ngāti Porou: Ancestors
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Ngāti Porou: Tribal boundaries and resources
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Ngāti Porou: Toi descendants
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Ngāti Kahungunu: Tribes and lands
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Ngāti Kahungunu: Ancestors
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Ngāti Kahungunu: Kahungunu and Rongomaiwahine
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Stewart Island/Rakiura: New Zealand’s third main island
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Pounamu – jade or greenstone: Ngāi Tahu and pounamu
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Rangitāne: The origins of Rangitāne
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Ngāti Tūwharetoa
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Ngāti Tūwharetoa: The journeys of Ngātoroirangi and Tia
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Ngāti Tūwharetoa: Tūwharetoa
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Ngāti Tūwharetoa: Mountains and lakes
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Whanganui tribes
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Tāmaki tribes: Tribal history and places
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Tāmaki tribes: The tribes of Tāmaki
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Ngāti Maniapoto: The ancestor Maniapoto
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Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
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Te Whānau-ā-Apanui: Ancestors
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Taniwha: Taniwha slayers
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Traditional Māori games – ngā tākaro: Flying kites, spinning tops and other games
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Tauranga Moana: The Tauranga tribes
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He purapura i ruia mai i Rangiatea
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Bay of Plenty region: Māori traditions
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Te Whakatōhea: Ancestors
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Canoe traditions: Canoes of Bay of Plenty
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Tapa whenua – naming places: Events, maps and European influences
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Muriwhenua tribes: Ngāti Kurī, Ngāi Takoto, Te Pātū and Ngāti Kahu
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Muriwhenua tribes: Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa
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Tikanga Rangahau Webinar Series - Pūrākau as Methodology
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Māori Religious Movements
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