Taika

Ko te Taika (Panthera tigris) he kararehe nō ngahere Āhia, he momo ngeru. Koia tētahi o ngā ngeru nui e whā i te puninga Panthera.

Kauanuanutia ana tēnei kararehe ki ngā ahurea o ngā tangata o Āhia-ki-te-tonga-mā-rāwhiti.  Ka ingoatia ia me ngā kupu ōrite i ngā reo Marāiu-Porinīhia pērā i te kupu harimau i te reo Marāiu, te kupu remaung i te reo Ipana, me te kupu halimaw i te reo Takaroka, katoa nō reo Ahiteronīhia i mua: *qari-maquŋ.*qari-maquŋ. Austronesian Comparative Dictionary. 2010. Ka tino mamao ngā motutere Aotearoa a ngā paparahi o te ao. Nō reira, kāore he tēnei kararehe i Aotearoa nei,J. Craig, S. Anderson, M. Clout, B. Creese, N. Mitchell, J. Ogden, , M. Roberts & G. Ussher (2000). Conservation issues in New Zealand. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. Huinga tua-31, ng. wh. 62-3. kāore i mōhiotia ngā tāngata Māori rānei. Ka takea te kupu taika mai te kupu Pākehā  tiger nō te whakaako Pākehā.

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