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Tāwhirimātea. In Māori mythology, Tāwhirimātea (or Tāwhiri) is the god of weather, including thunder and lightning, wind, clouds and storms. He is a son of Papatūānuku (earth mother) and Ranginui (sky father). Tawhirimatea is the second oldest of 7 children, all of whom are boys.
Tūmatauenga. Tūmatauenga (Tū of the angry face) is the primary god (atua) of war and human activities such as hunting, food cultivation, fishing, and cooking in Māori mythology. In creation stories, Tū suggests to kill his parents to allow light into the world. After they are instead separated.
Māori mythology. Six major departmental atua represented by wooden godsticks: left to right, Tūmatauenga, Tāwhirimātea, Tāne Mahuta, Tangaroa, Rongo-mā-Tāne, and Haumia-tiketike. Māori mythology and Māori traditions are two major categories into which the remote oral history of New Zealand's Māori may be divided.
Rongomātāne, the god of cultivated foods, particularly sweet potato / Kumara. Tānemahuta, the god of forests and birds. Tangaroa, the god of the ocean and the creatures within. (Original Father in the Main Mythology) Tāwhirimātea, the god of storms and violent weather. Tūmatauenga, the god of war, hunting, cooking, fishing, and food ...
The primordial gods were Ranginui and Papatūānuku, Heaven and Earth. Te Anu-matao was the wife of Tangaroa. Hine-titamauri was the wife of Punga. Hine-te-Iwaiwa married Tangaroa and had Tangaroa-a-kiukiu, Tangaroa-a-roto, and Rona. Tangaroa-a-roto and Rona married Te Marama the moon. Hinetakurua married Tama-nui-te-ra, the Sun. [2]
Te Rauparaha (c.1768 – 27 November 1849) [1] [2] was a Māori rangatira, warlord, and chief of the Ngāti Toa iwi.One of the most powerful military leaders of the Musket Wars, Te Rauparaha fought a war of conquest that greatly expanded Ngāti Toa southwards, receiving the epithet "the Napoleon of the South".
In a legend committed to manuscript by Mohi Ruatapu of Ngāti Porou in 1971 (Reedy 1993:25-33, 126–134), Tāwhaki is a descendant of Māui. Whaitiri, a granddaughter of Māui, marries Kaitangata and has Hemā. Hemā marries Rawhita-i-te-rangi, and has Tāwhaki and his younger brother Karihi.
Parents. Rangihore. Maru is a Māori war god, especially well known in southern New Zealand, where he replaces Tūmatauenga (commonly shortened to Tū), the war god of the rest of New Zealand. In the Hawaiian Islands he is an evil and restless god who has no time to grow his own food and nonetheless rewards his priests' services.