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Ngāti Hinerangi is a Māori iwi of New Zealand, [1] based in Matamata, [2] with 4 marae (Hinerangi Tawhaki, Te Ohaki, Tangata and Tamapango) at Okauia.As well as Matamata, Te Rohe o Kōperu (Ngāti Hinerangi area of interest) includes Te Tapui (a hill west of Matamata), [3] Peria, Puketutu (near Kiwitahi), the Kaimai Range, Tanners Point, Rereatukahia, Aongatete, Apata, Te Paeoturawaru ...
Fanny Rose Howie (née Porter or Poata; 11 January 1868 – 20 May 1916), also known by her stage name Te Rangi Pai, was a New Zealand singer and composer. Of Māori descent, she identified with the iwi of Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui .
Tiki, the first human, but sometimes is a child of Rangi and Papa, and creates the first human. Tinirau, a guardian of fish. Tūtewehiwehi, the father of all reptiles. Uenuku, a god of the rainbow, associated with war. Also a deified ancestor. Urutengangana, the god of the light.
Hine-rangi, who married her cousin Tama-te-rangi. [18] Potirohia; By Rongomaiwahine: [1] Kahukuranui (son) Rongomai-papa (daughter), who married her own maternal grandfather, Ruapani and had a daughter: Ruarauhanga, who married Rākei-hikuroa and was the ancestor of the Te Hika a Ruarauhanga division of Ngāti Kahungunu. [19] [20]
This includes checkpoints such as Pou-tere-rangi, which is described as the Guard House and entry to the underworld. [1] This site is manned by Te Ku-Watawata, and divides Rarohenga to humankind. Original texts express that humans were once able to journey through this point and between worlds.
Hine-te-Ariki was the daughter of Whana-Tuku-Rangi, through whom she was descended from Uri-Taniwha, supernatural creatures that lived in deep still areas of rivers. She married Tumokonui. [ 1 ] With Tumokonui she had three pairs of twins, each of which carried off by spirits soon after she gave birth to them.
Hine-nui-te-pō, also known as the "Great Woman of Night" is a giant goddess of death and the underworld. [2] Her father is Tāne, the god of forests and land mammals. Her mother Hine-ahu-one is a human, made from earth. Hine-nui-te-pō is the second child of Tāne and Hine-ahu-one.
Ngāti Ranginui Iwi Society Inc is the Tūhono organisation of Ngāti Ranginui. It is an incorporated society, governed by one representative from each of ten marae. [1] As of 2016, the chairperson Tawharangi Nuku, the chief executive is Stephanie O'Sullivan and the trust is based in Tauranga.