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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).
Māui-a-kalana's wife is named Hinakealohaila; his son is Nanamaoa. Māui is one of the Kupua. His name is the same as that of the Hawaiian island Maui, although native tradition holds that it is not named for him directly, but instead named after the son of the Hawaiʻiloa ("discoverer of Hawaiʻi", who was named after Māui himself).
Sculpture of Maui capturing the sun Māui Snaring the Sun, pen and ink drawing by Arman Manookian, circa 1927, Honolulu Academy of Arts. In Hawaiian religion, Māui is a culture hero and ancient chief who appears in several different genealogies. In the Kumulipo, he is the son of ʻAkalana and his wife Hina-a-ke-ahi . This couple has four sons ...
Māui was happy to have his family altogether but unbeknownst to him, his father was upset because made a mistake while chanting the karakia that he knew would one day cost Māui his life. Muriranga-whenua, Māui's grandfather, lived in the underworld with his father and Maui would visit him each day to give him food. [4]
The couple leaves behind their 18-month-old son Logan who was staying with his aunt and uncle while his parents were in Maui, according to a GoFundMe campaign created to cover funeral costs.
Ms Vargas, her husband Andres and their eldest son Josue were at work at the time. They operate a local cleaning business in Honokowai. Before the fires, Ms Vargas was planning Fuentes’ 15th ...
Kahekili was a son of Kakae and High Chiefess Kapohauola [2] and succeeded his uncle Kakaalaneo as the ruler of Maui. Kahekili was known to have impoverished his people by his many war campaigns. Kahekili married Haukanuimakamaka or Haukanimaka from Kauai.
A devastated mother held a 15th birthday party for her son after he was killed in the Maui wildfires. ... Raging wildfires in Maui have left at least 106 people dead and thousands of others ...