Talk:Kumulipo
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[edit] Whare wānanga
I removed the reference about 'the wharewananga of the Maori is very similar' implying that wharewananga is a poem similar to the Kumulipo. Not so. Whare wānanga (the correct spelling) is not a poem at all. It refers to a house where learning and knowledge were imparted by experts. (By the way, it is the term used for University in modern Māori.) The contributor may have been confused by the title of a book called 'The Lore of the Whare Wananga' by S. P. Smith, written in the early 1900s, which is regarded with some scepticism by scholars in New Zealand these days Kahuroa 22:56, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Kumulipo
I added a link to a copy in the public domain of the "The Kumulipo" by Martha Beckwith, hosted by sacred-texts.com. If someone could verify that the work is in fact in the public domain, then we could quote liberally. Beckwith provides a scholarly treatment of this work and should serve as an excellent source to expand this article.RCKamahele 08:57, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
