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This is a list of Māori deities, known in Māori as atua. Note: there are two Mythologies relating Tangaroa, Papatuanuku and Ranginui (Raki) Major departmental deities
[12]: 572 The name Uenuku also belongs to one or more atua associated with rainbows and war; [12]: 572 depending on the telling, he was either a mortal who was visited by a mistmaiden from the heavens and then turned into a rainbow to be with her after tricking her into staying in his house past dawn, or he was a spirit who visited Tamatea ...
Mana Wahine Te Ira Tangata was a small and short-lived political party in New Zealand. It was established by Alamein Kopu, a member of the New Zealand Parliament who had left her original party (the Alliance). After a short time as an independent MP, Kopu established Mana Wahine as her own party. It was officially registered on 12 June 1998.
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.
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 ...
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.
Four days after he won his third consecutive U.S. figure skating title, Ilia Malinin normally would have put in four to six hours on the ice back at his home rink in Reston, Virginia.
Tūmatauenga (Tū of the angry face) is the primary god 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.