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Hiwa-i-te-rangi, also known just as Hiwa, is the youngest of Matariki's children and was considered the "wishing star": Māori would rest their hopes and desires on Hiwa, similar to "wishing upon a star", and if it appeared to shine bright and clear on the first viewing of Matariki those individual and collective wishes were likely to be answered.
She won the same award in 2013 with Te Kahautu Maxwell, and Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper for their song "Ruaimoko". [24] Rika also won APRA Best Māori Songwriter in both 2010 and 2013. Her songs "Hiwa-i-te-rangi" and "Turangawaewae" were both named top 20 finalists for the 2021 APRA Silver Scroll. [25] [26]
Heretaunga Tamatea is a Māori iwi of New Zealand.In a 2014 settlement with the government, Heretaunga Tamatea was described as a settling group, including: Ngāi Tahu ki Takapau, Ngāi Tamaterā, Ngāi Te Ao, Ngāi Te Hauapu, Ngāi Te Hurihanga-i-te-rangi, Ngāi Te Kīkiri o te Rangi, Ngāi Te Oatua, Ngāi Te Rangikoianake I and II, Ngāi Te Rangitekahutia I and II, Ngāi Te Rangitotohu (also ...
Tamamutu was the oldest son of Te Rangi-ita and Waitapu. [1] Through his father, Te Rangi-ita, he was a descendant of Tūwharetoa i te Aupōuri. [2] His mother was the daughter of Te Ata-inutai of Ngāti Raukawa, through whom he was a descendant of Hoturoa, captain of the Tainui canoe. [3]
Te Rangi-ita was a Māori ariki (chieftain) of Ngāti Tūwharetoa from the region around Lake Taupō, New Zealand.He participated with bravery in the Ngāti Tama-Ngāti Tūwharetoa War, fought off an invasion by the Ngāti Raukawa chieftain Te Ata-inutai, and forged a peace through his marriage to Te Ata-inutai's daughter, Waitapu.
An instrumental version of "Hine E Hine" was used from 1975 to 1994 as TV2's closedown song, which accompanied a cartoon featuring the Goodnight Kiwi.[3] [4] [5] [6]It was the opening song on Kiri Te Kanawa's 1999 album Maori Songs.
The rapids of Aratiatia (Tia's stairway). Mount Titiraupenga, where Tia settled and died.. Tia was born in Hawaiki to Tuamatua and Tauna. Together with his son, Tapuika, he travelled with Tama-te-kapua and Ngātoro-i-rangi on the Arawa canoe, which made landfall in New Zealand at Maketu in the Bay of Plenty. [1]
Ngāti Rangitihi is a Māori iwi of New Zealand, based in the Bay of Plenty. [1] [2] [3]The tribe is part of the greater Te Arawa confederation of tribes. Nga pumanawa e waru o Te Arawa, the 8 beating hearts of Te Arawa derives from the 8 children of the eponymous Rangitihi.