Aoraki

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Aoraki me ngā wāhi e tata ana

Ko Aoraki (Mt Cook), 3754 m,te maunga tokorangi, te maunga teitei o Aotearoa whānui, kei waenganui i te tāhūhū maunga o Te Wai-pounamu e tū ana. Ki tō ngā iwi o Te Ika-a-Māui whakahua ko Aorangi kē. E ai ki ngā tohunga whakapapa o Kāi Tahu, ko Aoraki he tino tipuna nō rātou. Nō te wehenga o Ranginui rāua ko Papatuanuku ka haere ētahi o ā rāua tamariki ki te toro haere i tō rātou ao hou.

Ka heke te wā ka hiahia rātou ki te hoki ki tō rātou kāinga i Hawaiki, engari, kua kore e taea e Aorangi te whakahua i te karakia tika kia hoki rātou. Nā wai rā, kua huri tō rātou waka ki Te Wai-pounamu, kua huri hoki ngā kaihoe hei maunga.

Nā te mea ko Aorangi te rangatira koia te maunga teitei rawa atu, a, ko ōna hoa ērā kei tōna taha.

Kia tuohu koe,
Me he mauka teitei,
Ko Aoraki anake.



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