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J. H. Mitchell records two of the songs sung on these occasions, which include the line, "I have four permanent sources of mana in the world: Jehovah, Christ, the Holy Ghost, and Rongomaiwahine." [12] Rongomai-wahine is carved on the pare (door lintel) of the Takitimu wharenui at Waihīrere marae, built at Wairoa in 1926.
Rachel Jessica Te Ao Maarama House ONZM (born 20 October 1971) is a New Zealand actress and director. She is best known for her roles in the films of Taika Waititi.She has received numerous accolades including an Arts Laureate, NZ Order of Merit, 'Mana Wahine' from WIFT NZ and Te Waipuna a Rangi (Matariki Awards) for her contributions as an actor and director.
One of the great love stories of the Māori world is the legend of Hinemoa and Tūtānekai. The story remains popular and is retold in songs, films, cultural theatre and dance. [ 10 ] Hinemoa defies her family to claim Tūtānekai, her "heart's desire"—the love-child of a chief's wife who was not her social equal. [ 10 ]
Mana Wahine contested only two elections. The first was the Taranaki-King Country by-election in 1998. The Mana Wahine candidate, Mary Gilmore, received 7 of the 20,225 valid votes. [1] In the 1999 general election, Mana Wahine failed to submit a party list, [2] with Kopu saying that she missed the deadline by just minutes. The party ...
In other Austronesian cultures, cognates of atua include the Polynesian aitu, Micronesian aniti, Bunun hanitu, Filipino and Tao anito, and Malaysian and Indonesian hantu or antu. [ 4 ] In popular culture, Atua is the name that is used to refer to the deity which the character Angie Yonaga worships in the English dub of Danganronpa V3: Killing ...
Te Rauparaha composed "Ka Mate" circa 1820 as a celebration of life over death after his lucky escape from pursuing Ngāti Maniapoto and Waikato enemies. [1] [2] He had hidden from them, on Motuopihi Island in Lake Rotoaira, in a kūmara storage pit while a woman (wāhine) by the name of Rangikoaea straddled the pit to hide and protect him. [3]
Noah LaLonde as Cole, Nikki Rodriguez as Jackie, Ashby Gentry as Alex Netflix (3) My Life With the Walter Boys’ messy love triangle between a girl and two brothers may feel familiar — and that ...
Wahine, any of several ships named Wahine. TSS Wahine (1913–51), a New Zealand inter-island ferry that also served in World War I and World War II TEV Wahine, a 1966-built New Zealand inter-island passenger ferry that foundered in Wellington Harbour in 1968