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Page 75
... shore . By offering themselves as payment they righted this wrong . Irakau's descendants were able to summon their taniwha , Ihu - moana , when in danger out at sea . If a man found himself in the water , his waka overturned , he would ...
... shore . By offering themselves as payment they righted this wrong . Irakau's descendants were able to summon their taniwha , Ihu - moana , when in danger out at sea . If a man found himself in the water , his waka overturned , he would ...
Page 118
... shore which was shaped like a whale , its spout a mapou tree . Such was the power of these two mauri that whales in the region regularly stranded themselves on the shore . Sometimes the protective deity was an early ancestor of the ...
... shore which was shaped like a whale , its spout a mapou tree . Such was the power of these two mauri that whales in the region regularly stranded themselves on the shore . Sometimes the protective deity was an early ancestor of the ...
Page 212
... shore , he saw a high rocky cliff that resembled a cloak of the kind he was wearing , a black and yellow garment known as a taupo . At the foot of the cliff he erected a tūāhu to propitiate the unknown gods there and establish his claim ...
... shore , he saw a high rocky cliff that resembled a cloak of the kind he was wearing , a black and yellow garment known as a taupo . At the foot of the cliff he erected a tūāhu to propitiate the unknown gods there and establish his claim ...
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Aotea Aotearoa Arawa arrived from Hawaiki associated atua became Best birds brothers carved daughter death descendants early ancestor earth east coast enemy fairies father fernroot fire fish gourd greenstone Grey guardian Harbour Haumia Hauraki Hawaiki Hine-nui-te-pō homeland of Hawaiki human Kahukura Kāwhia killed known kūmara Kupe Lake land lived Māori married Maru Māui mauri mountain myth Ngā Ngāti Kahungunu Ngāti Porou Ngātoro-i-rangi night ocean Orbell Pākehā plants powers rangatira Rangi and Papa Raukawa recited region reptile returned ritual chants River rock Rongo Rotorua Ruatapu sacred sailed shore sometimes South Island stars stone story Tainui Tama Tama-te-kapua Tamatea Tāne Tangaroa taniwha tapu Taranaki Tāwhaki Te Arawa Tiki tipua tohunga told took tradition tree tūāhu Turanga Uenuku vessel voyage from Hawaiki Waikato wairua waka warriors west coast Whaitiri Whakatāne whale Whanganui whatu Whiro wife woman women