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In the 1980s and 1990s Pere published books and curriculum. Her books Ako and Te Wheke have had lasting impact. In later years Pere worked with many people sharing her knowledge about plants, living with nature, and healing. [4] [7] A well-known saying of Pere's is: "He atua, he tangata. We are both beautifully divine and beautifully human." [4]
In Māori mythology, Te Wheke-a-Muturangi is a monstrous octopus destroyed in Whekenui Bay, Tory Channel or at Patea by Kupe the navigator. The octopus was a pet or familiar of Muturangi, a powerful tohunga of Hawaiki. The wheke was nonetheless a wild creature and a guardian. When Kupe reached New Zealand, he encountered the beast off Castlepoint.
In Māori mythology, Muturangi, also known as Ruamuturangi, was a renowned high priest presiding over Taputapuatea marae at Rangiatea in French Polynesia.. The son of Ohomairangi, Muturangi was an accomplished navigator who started the tradition of the High Priest at Taputapuatea.
French Theory refers to a body of postmodern philosophical, literary, and social theories. The term emerged in American universities and research work in the 1970s , from a school of thought born in the 1960s in France, and owes much, in terms of dissemination, to the journal Semiotext(e) , founded by Sylvère Lotringer in 1974 at Columbia ...
Kupe followed in his canoe a monstrous octopus called Te Wheke-a-Muturangi across Cook Strait and destroyed it in Tory Channel or at Pātea. When Dutch explorer Abel Tasman first saw New Zealand in 1642, he thought Cook Strait was a bight closed to the east. He named it Zeehaen's Bight, after the Zeehaen, one of the two ships in his expedition.
Following the transfer of Acadia to England in 1713, there was a dearth of written accounts by French individuals about the colony. [5] However, Île Royale and Île Saint-Jean (now Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton Island) remained French possessions, and missionaries and administrators corresponded with the Acadians and the government to propose solutions. [5]
Pierre-Joseph Redouté (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ʒozɛf ʁədute], 10 July 1759 – 19 June 1840), was a painter and botanist from the Austrian Netherlands, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at the Château de Malmaison, many of which were published as large coloured stipple engravings. [1]
Te Pīhopatanga o Te Manawa o Te Wheke is an episcopal polity or diocese of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Literally, the diocese is the Anglican bishopric of the heart of the octopus of the North Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand ; also known as the synod (or in Māori : Te Hui Amorangi ).