Tectonic hazards have profoundly influenced Māori relationships with, and understandings of, the environment, with oral histories and ethnographic records referencing recurring encounters with volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis across Aotearoa-New Zealand. This research works alongside members of the Māori kin-group Ngāti Kuri to deliberate and compare active oral histories with two ethnographic records that potentially refer to ancestral experience with past tsunami(s) in the Kaikōura region. It applies an inductive-based methodology informed by “collaborative storytelling,” with the intent to appreciate the manner in which Ngāti Kuri interpret their past and present. The research affirms past catastrophic saltwater inundations and potential tectonic disturbances in the Kaikōura region. It also affirms that ethnographic records are not necessarily full or accurate accounts of historical events. The accounts presented here contribute to the reclaiming of Ngāti Kuri histories and point to new plural learning opportunities about coseismic tsunami hazard and history across the region.

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将民族志记录与活跃的毛利人历史进行比较和结合，以提供有关海啸灾害的见解

构造灾害深刻影响了毛利人与环境的关系和对环境的理解，口述历史和民族志记录引用了新西兰奥特阿罗阿火山爆发、地震和海啸的反复遭遇。这项研究与毛利亲属群体 Ngāti Kuri 的成员一起研究并比较活跃的口述历史与两个可能涉及凯库拉地区过去海啸的祖先经历的民族志记录。它应用了一种以“协作讲故事”为基础的归纳方法，旨在欣赏 Ngāti Kuri 解释他们过去和现在的方式。该研究证实了凯库拉地区过去发生的灾难性盐水淹没和潜在的构造扰动。它还肯定了民族志记录不一定是对历史事件的完整或准确的描述。这里介绍的叙述有助于恢复 Ngāti Kuri 的历史，并指出有关该地区同震海啸灾害和历史的新的多元学习机会。