Ko te pātaka kōrero tūmau o tētahi iwi, e whakaata ana i tōna ahurea. Ko ngā kai o roto, ko ngā waiata, ko ngā karakia, ko ngā pūrākau me ngā paki auaha, ko ngā tuhituhinga, ko ngā kiriata - ko ērā katoa ka kīia ko te mātākōrero a te iwi.
Ko te whakaeminga kōrero rānei e pā ana ki tētahi kaupapa, pērā i te mātākōrero taiao. Ko tētahi wehewehenga o te mātākōrero, ko te mātātuhi me te mātāwaha.
The storehouse of longstanding texts of a people, which reflect their culture. A people's literature includes their songs, incantations, traditional and creative stories, written works and films.
Literature also applies to a collection of works relating to a particular topic, such as environmental literature. Literature can be classified as either oral or written.
mātā - heap, layer
kōrero - text, prose
He aha ētahi o ngā tino pūrākau o roto i te mātākōrero Māori?
He makuru te mātākōrero o te ao Māori, ko te nuinga pea he kōrero ā-waha.
Ko te kohikohinga mōteatea a Apirana Ngata tētahi o ngā tino o roto i te mātākōrero Māori.