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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.
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.
This is confirmed by the definition of mana provided by Māori Marsden who states that mana is: Spiritual power and authority as opposed to the purely psychic and natural force — ihi. [15] According to Margaret Mutu, mana in its traditional sense means: Power, authority, ownership, status, influence, dignity, respect derived from the atua ...
Manaia, Taranaki, a town in the South Taranaki District of New Zealand; Manaia, Waikato, a town on the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand; Manaia River, a river of the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand; Mount Manaia is a landmark on the Whangarei Heads, Northland, New Zealand Manaia View School, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand
Ngātiwai trace their ancestry to one of the earliest settlers of Te Tai-tokerau, Manaia, who was, according to legend, transformed into stone, with his family and servant Paekō, atop Mount Manaia beside Whangārei Harbour. His descendant Manaia II, some 14 generations later, was the rangatira of Ngāti Manaia established. [citation needed]
Portrait of a manaia Portrait of a taupou. The word Taualuga in Samoan refers to the last stage of traditional house building in which the topmost rafter was secured to the building (fale), signifying the completion of construction. [2] The term "taualuga" symbolizes the conclusion of a monumental task and the beautifying final touches involved.
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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.