Taringa Podcast

Taringa - Ep 357 - Kupu, Kupu, Kupu - Te Whakapapa o te Kupu

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Show Notes

A startling revelation about the tikanga of the kupu Whaikōrero. This is an in depth kōrerorero about kupu etymology focussing on the word "whaikōrero", what people think it means, what it actually means, and how these meanings come to be.

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