He taonga tākaro ka rere i te rangi, ka whakamaua tētahi aho hei pupuri mā te tangata i te whenua.
A toy which flys in the sky. It has a line tied to it so it can be held by a person on the ground.
Tauira KŌrero
Hangaia ai te manu tukutuku ki te aha i ngā rā o nehe?
Ko tā rātou tikanga, he hanga, he whakarere manu tukutuku hei whakanui i a Matariki i ia tau.
Ko ētahi manu tukutuku he rite ki te manu te hanga.
WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga
Ka hangaia te anga o te manu tukutuku i te mānuka, i te kākaho, i te kareao rānei, ā, ka uhia ki te whā raupō. He manu taratahi tēnei:
Tekau mā whitu ngā momo manu tukutuku a te Māori e mōhiotia ana, ko ētahi he rite ki ētahi o ngā manu o te wao, pērā i te kākā me te toutouwai.
He kāhu tēnei manu aute, he taonga o nehe, kei te whare pupuri taonga o Tāmakimakaurau e tiakina ana. Ko ētahi manu tukutuku kāhu, ka eke ki te 3.6m te whāroa mai i te pito o tētahi parirau ki te pito o tētahi:
KUPU KĒ ATU
manu aute
pākau
Tauira KŌrero
Hangaia ai te manu tukutuku ki te aha i ngā rā o nehe?
Ko tā rātou tikanga, he hanga, he whakarere manu tukutuku hei whakanui i a Matariki i ia tau.
Ko ētahi manu tukutuku he rite ki te manu te hanga.