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In Māori mythology, Tāne (also called Tāne-mahuta, Tāne-nui-a-Rangi, Tāne-te-waiora and several other names) is the god of forests and of birds, and the son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku, the sky father and the earth mother, who used to lie in a tight embrace where their many children lived in the darkness between them (Grey 1956:2).
Rua left and the Hiona was abandoned and became used as a hay store. In 1914 a new meeting house in a more traditional style was built -Tane Nui A Rangi - ‘Great Tāne of the Heavens’. [16] Even so, controversy was seldom far away. Rua was fined for sly grogging in 1910 and in 1915 served a short gaol sentence for a similar offence. On his ...
Te Kahu-o-te-rangi was born with the name Te Wainohu at Pohonui-o-hine pā on the western bank of the Wairoa river. [2] His father was Puruaute of Ngāti Rakaipaaka and his mother was Te Matakainga-i-te-tihi, [2] the queen (hei tihi) of the Ngāi Tamaterangi hapū of the Wairoa river valley. [3]
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] Uru-Te-ngangana is believed to be the father of all light, and his children are stars, sun and moon.
Tāne-nui-ā-rangi, the wharenui at Waipapa Marae, University of Auckland Inside Tāne-nui-ā-rangi A modern wharenui at Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington. A wharenui ([ˈɸaɾɛnʉ.i]; literally "large house") is a communal house of the Māori people of New Zealand, generally situated as the focal point of a marae.
In the late eighteenth century, their children, led by Te Kahu-o-te-rangi and Te-O-Tane, won a crushing victory over Te Whānau-ā-Apanui at the Battle of Whāwhāpō. After this, Ngāti Kahungunu's position in the northern Hawkes' Bay was secure. Later Te Kahu-o-te-rangi attempted to kill Te-O-Tane, but failed and they eventually reconciled.
Ngāti Ranginui (Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Pango, Ngāti Rangi) Bethlehem: Tahuwhakatiki / Romai: Rongomainohorangi: Ngāi Te Rangi (Ngā Pōtiki) Welcome Bay: Waikari Marae: Tapukino: Ngāi Te Rangi (Ngāti Tapu) Matapihi: Waimapu / Ruahine: Te Kaupapa o Tawhito: Ngāti Ranginui (Ngāti Ruahine) Hairini: Whareroa Marae: Rauru ki Tahi: Ngāi Te Rangi ...
Ngāti Kahungunu (Ngāi Toroiwaho, Ngāi Te Kikiri o Te Rangi, Ngāi Toroiwaho, Rangi Te Kahutia, Rangitotohu), Rangitāne (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Rangitotohu) Tikokino: Rongomaraeroa: Te Poho o Kahungunu: Ngāti Kahungunu (Ngāti Hinetewai, Ngāti Kere, Ngāti Manuhiri, Ngāti Pihere, Tamatea Hinepare o Kahungunu) Porangahau: Rongo o Tahu: No wharenui