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Kōrero: Tāwhirimātea

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Te takenga mai o te āhuarangi

Tāwhirimātea and children

Ko Tāwhirimātea me āna tamariki

Tāwhirimātea, god of weather

Tāwhirimātea te atua o te hau

Tūmatauenga

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Ngā marama

Kōwhai in bloom

Te puanga pō te kōwhai

Peruperu

Cicada song

Te waiata tātarakihi

Dry landscape, Canterbury

Te whenua maroke, Ngā pakihi-whakatekateka-a-Waitaha

Hoar frost

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Ngā kapua

Rain-bearing cloud

Cirrus cloud

He kapua pūrehurehu

Cumulus clouds

Ngā kapua e taipua ana

Describing clouds

Te āhua o ngā kapua (1 o 3)

Rows of kūmara

Te māra kūmara (2 o 3)

Mackerel markings

Te whakarite ki te ika (3 o 3)

Iorangi – streaks of cloud

Red sky at night

Te Tātua o Te Kaha

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Te ua me te hau

Rain clouds

Ngā whakataritari ua

A lament

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Ngā hau āwhiowhio

The windy Chatham Islands

Te wāhi hauhau o Wharekauri

Genealogy of the winds

Te whakapapa o ngā hau

Dust storm

He tūpuhi puehu

Lightning

Tāwhaki

Lightning and war

Te kanapu me te pakanga

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Te hau māeke, te kohu me ngā uenuku

Pīhanga

Mist, Rotorua

Kohu, ki Rotorua

Morning dew

Rainbow

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Basil Keane, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/tawhirimatea/media (accessed 5 March 2021)

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006