[[File:Mtcook1600x1200.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Ko Aoraki te maunga teitei o Ngā Puke-māeroero]]

Ko '''Aoraki''' te maunga teitei rawa o Ngā Puke-māeroero, te tino pae maunga kei te [[Te Wai-pounamu]]. E 3754 mita te teitei. Ki tō ngā iwi o Te Ika-a-Māui whakahua ko Aorangi kē; ki te Pākehā, ko Mount Cook te ingoa.

:''Kia tuohu koe,''
:''Me he mauka teitei,'' 
:''Ko Aoraki anake''.

== He tupuna kē a Aoraki ==
I ngā wā o mua, i pōhēhē ētahi mō te aronga o te ingoa o tēnei maunga rangatira. I pōhēhē rātou ‘ko te maunga e titi ana ki ngā rangi’. Heoi, e ai ki ngā tohunga whakapapa o [[Kāi Tahu]], he tangata kē a Aoraki, he tino tupuna nō rātou, kei [[Hawaiki]] e noho ana. Tērā te wā e hoe ana a Aoraki me ana teina, tuākana i Te Moananui-a-Kiwa; ka tūpoki tō rātou waka. I te tahuritanga o te waka, ka piki a Aoraki ki te takere. Tērā tētahi ingoa tawhito mō Te Wai Pounamu, ko te Waka o Aoraki. Ka tae ki te wā ka hiahia rātou ki te hoki ki [[Hawaiki]], engari, kua kore e taea e Aoraki te whakahua i te karakia tika kia hoki rātou. Nā wai rā, kua huri tō rātou waka ki Te Wai-pounamu, kua huri hoki ngā kaihoe hei maunga. Nā te mea ko Aorangi te rangatira koia te maunga teitei rawa atu, a, ko ōna hoa ērā kei tōna taha.

== Tohutoro ==
* Te Maire Tau. 'Ngāi Tahu', ''Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand''. Tuhinga: 26-09-2006. URL: [http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/NewZealanders/MaoriNewZealanders/NgaiTahu/mi Te Ara: NgaiTahu]
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