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In Māori mythology, Manaia was a chief of the mythological land Hawaiki. He developed a fierce rivalry with his brother-in-law Ngātoro-i-rangi, the ancestor of Ngati Tuwharetoa, but was defeated by him in Hawaiki at the battles of Ihumotomotokia and Tarai-whenua-kura. Eventually, he led a great fleet to attack Ngātoro-i-rangi in New Zealand ...
In Hawaiki, Manaia holds a large ceremony to remove tapu; his wife Kuiwai does not heat her oven hot enough and the food for after the ceremony is undercooked. Manaia beats Kuiwai for that, and curses her brother Ngātoroirangi saying that if she does so again, he would serve the flesh of her brother the same way. Kuiwai sends her daughter to ...
Haungaroa was legendary Māori woman, who travelled from Hawaiki to New Zealand to warn Ngātoro-i-rangi that Manaia was planning to attack him. She was responsible for naming Kaingaroa Forest and various other places in central North Island, according to Te Arawa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa traditions.
Legend has it that this was the waka taken by the priest Ngātoroirangi back to Hawaiki; upon arrival, he fought a battle at Ihumotomotokia and Whatatiri, against the chief Manaia. He defeated Manaia, and then returned to his pā (fortification) in New Zealand, on Mōtītī Island in the Bay of Plenty. However, the survivors of Manaia's tribe ...
Manaia (legendary chief), a chief of Hawaiki in Māori mythology Wiremu Hukunui Manaia (died 1892), New Zealand tribal leader Manaia Cherrington (born 1994), New Zealand rugby league footballer
a deity by whose assistance Haungaroa traveled from Hawaiki to New Zealand as she went to tell Ngātoro-i-rangi that he had been cursed by Manaia. a being in whale form which attacked and almost wiped out the war-party of Maru. a god of comet. [2] the war god of the tribes in the Lake Taupō region. a celebrated demi-god ancestor of some iwi.
Polynesian oral traditions say that the spirits of Polynesian people return to Hawaiki after death. In the New Zealand context, such return-journeys take place via Spirits Bay, Cape Reinga and the Three Kings Islands at the extreme north of the North Island of New Zealand. This may indicate the direction in which Hawaiki may lie. [citation needed]
Manaia pounamu carving. The Manaia is a mythological creature in Māori culture, and is a common motif in Māori carving [1] and jewellery.. The Manaia is usually depicted as having the head of a bird and the tail of a fish and the body of a man, though it is sometimes depicted as a bird, a serpent, or a human figure in profile.