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  2. Tiki - Wikipedia

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    Tiki statue shop, Hawaii, c. 1959. John White names several Tiki or perhaps manifestations of Tiki in Māori tradition: [1]: 142 Tiki-tohua, the progenitor of birds [d] Tiki-kapakapa, the progenitor of fish and of a bird, the tūī [e] Tiki-auaha, the progenitor of humanity; Tiki-whakaeaea, the progenitor of the kūmara.

  3. Māui (Māori mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Māui sailed a canoe called Mahaanui and after he had pulled up the North Island (Te Ika a Maui) he left Mahaanui on top of a mountain in the foothills behind what is now Ashburton. That mountain now bears the name Mahaanui, [13] and the coastline between Banks Peninsula and the Waitaki River is called Te tai o Mahaanui (the tides of Mahaanui).

  4. Māui - Wikipedia

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    Māui or Maui is the great culture hero and trickster in Polynesian mythology. Very rarely was Māui actually worshipped, being less of a deity ( demigod ) and more of a folk hero . His origins vary from culture to culture, but many of his main exploits remain relatively similar.

  5. Māui (Hawaiian mythology) - Wikipedia

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    This version of Maui incorporates elements of the Māui from Māori mythology and other Polynesian narratives. Maui was also the subject of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole 's song "Maui Hawaiian Sup'pa Man" in his most well-known album, Facing Future , which is the highest selling Hawaiian album of all time.

  6. Tiki culture - Wikipedia

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    Tiki culture is an American-originated art, music, and entertainment movement inspired by Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian cultures, and by Oceanian art.Influential cultures to Tiki culture include Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, the Caribbean Islands, and Hawaii.

  7. Maui - Wikipedia

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    Maui (center right, with Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, and Kahoʻolawe to its left) as seen from the International Space Station [2] Maui (/ ˈ m aʊ i /; Hawaiian: ) [3] is the second largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago, at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km 2). It is the 17th-largest in the United States. [4]

  8. New video reveals possible cause of Maui wildfires - AOL

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    Security video shared by a bird sanctuary in Maui captured a flash of light around 11 p.m. local time on August 7, that was followed by a bright flame that continued to burn (Hawaii's Department ...

  9. Kū - Wikipedia

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    Kū sculpture, Monkeypod wood, Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden. Sculpture of Kū, from the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka . Also known as Akua, he was the (god) of war, politics, farming and fishing.