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Purakau
Season 1 , Episode 3Today we meet the ancestor of Waitākere in west Auckland, known as Tiriwa. Be mesmerised by the magical powers of Tiriwa and learn about one of the most famous islands in the Hauraki Gulf. -
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Season 1 , Episode 2Today, Pūrākau takes us to the south island of Aotearoa, to the legend of Rākaihautū and his digging tool. -
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Season 1 , Episode 1Todays episode is the story of how the name ‘Hokianga Whakapau Karakia’ came to be. -
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Season 1 , Episode 4Today's pūrākau is about one of the most precious treasures of Aotearoa, the pounamu, commonly known as greenstone. This is the story of the beautiful Waitaiki and the taniwha Poutini. -
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Season 1 , Episode 6Today’s pūrākau is about the heroine Wairaka and the events around how Whakatāne township was named. -
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Season 1 , Episode 5Today we journey with Kahupeka, a healer from the Waikato region who many places were named after. -
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Season 1 , Episode 11Te Houtaewa of Te Kao is legendary! He is known to be the fastest runner of his time. -
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Season 1 , Episode 12Today’s Pūrākau will help us to understand the meaning behind the famous saying of Ngāti Whakaue ancestors, Tūnohopū and Te Roro-o-te-rangi "Ruia taitea, ruia taitea kia tū ko taikākā anake". -
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Season 1 , Episode 7Today’s pūrākau takes place in the far north. It is the legend of Rāhiri, his sons and the sacred kite known as Tūhoronuku. -
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Season 1 , Episode 8Today’s pūrākau is the Maori story of how geothermal energy came to Aotearoa. We will follow the footsteps of Ngatoro-i-rangi and his sisters Kuiwai and Haungaroa. -
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Season 1 , Episode 9Haara is a woman who talks to birds and lives in the great forest of Puketi. Her closest friends areTui and Kaka, together they find medicinal plants to heal the people. -
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Season 1 , Episode 10Today’s legend is from the Te Arawa people. It is the story of the ancestor Rangiwhakaekeau and his son Rangiteaorere who posed the phrase, ‘He kotahi nā Tūhoe, e kata te pō’.
