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Korero Whakaruruhau Mo Tenei Taonga

The Trail of Understanding

TE REO PUPATEA
The First Voice

1. I ROTO I TE TAIATEA
   Deep in the Universe
2. KA TIMATA TE HUARAHI O TE ORA ANO
   The great journey of life begins anew
3. TE HEKENGA O NGATI KURAWAKA ME RAKAIWAKA
   The sacred journey of Kurawaka and Rakaiwaka
4. NGA TOHATOHA TAPU A TANGATA
   The sacred numbers of the chosen
5. NGA WHETU TOHUTOHU
   The beacon stars
6. TE POROPORAKI WHAKAMUTUNGA
   The long awaited departure

TE REO PUTATARA
The Second Voice

7. TE HUARAHI ATE MOKOPUNA
   The sacred trails of the grandchild genealogy
8. NGA HUARAHI I TE WHENUA
   The trails in the land
9. NGA MOKOW HAE A TUPUNA O NEHENOA
   The ancient grandmother patterns

TE REO PUTORINO
The Third Voice

10. NGA MATAURANGA O TE MARAMATANGA METE PO URIURI
    The knowledge of the light and the dark
11. TE TUPUNA PAPATUANUKU
    Our Grandmother Earth
12. HE PURAKAU TAWHITO
    An old story
13. TUANUKU, PAPATUANUKU
    The beautiful land
14. NGA TAPUWAE O WAITAHA I TE WHENUA
    The trails of Waitaha in the land
15. NGA TAMARIKI O IO I TE KUNENGA
    The children of the Creator
16. TEMOEMOEA
    The dreaming
17. TE TAKI O TANE
    The challenge of Tane
18. NGA WHETU ME O RATOU MAHI
    The stars and their synchronising activities
19. TEHAPUTANGA
    The impregnation
20. NGATOMO
    The marriages
21. TE WAKANUI KI ROTO I TE MOANA O KIWA
    The journey into the Pacific Ocean
22. NGATIKANGAWHAKANOHO WHENUA
    The procedures of settling the land
23. NGA HUARAHI O RONGOMARAEROA
    The trails of Rongomaraeroa
24. TE MARAE O TANGAROA
    The great expanse of the oceans of Tangaroa
25. NGARONGOA
    The medicines
26. POROPOROAKI
    Farewell message

Matriarchal Blessing

Matriarchal Message

Acknowledgments

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