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  2. Taranga (Māori mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Māui arrived at his mother's village one day, and recognized his brothers. Taranga didn't know who he was until Māui reminded her of the circumstances of his birth. Each morning, Taranga would disappear and eventually Māui followed her to the underworld by assuming the shape of a wood pigeon. Māui found her with his father, Makeatutara, a ...

  3. How Māui Found His Father and the Magic Jawbone - Wikipedia

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    At this point in the storyline, Māui has found his mother, Taranga, and bought her home with him to his village but was still curious who his father was. Taranga snuck out each day in the early morning. Māui decided to follow her and watched her leave the pā and leap into a hole down the hill. [3]

  4. Māui (Māori mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Māui is the son of Taranga, the wife of Makeatutara. He was a miraculous birth – his mother threw her premature infant [a] into the sea wrapped in a tress of hair from her topknot (tikitiki) – hence Māui's full name is Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga. Ocean spirits found and wrapped the child in seaweed and jellyfish.

  5. Polynesian Mythology (book) - Wikipedia

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    Māui, the son of Taranga, was born prematurely and thrown into the sea wrapped in a tress of his mother's topknot; he is found by his ancestor Tama-nui-ki-te-Rangi, who nurses him to health. After introducing himself to his mother and brothers and living with them, he came to wonder where Taranga went to during the day.

  6. Pregnant mother and husband drown while snorkeling on ... - AOL

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    Maui officials responded to ‘snorkelers in distress’ on Saturday afternoon. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us

  7. Māori mythology - Wikipedia

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    His mother Taranga, the village's rangatira, sent Māui to his grandmother Mahuika, the atua of fire, to retrieve more. She gave him a fingernail, but he extinguished it, so she kept giving him fingernails until she became furious with him, setting fire to the land and sea to attack Māui.

  8. Maui mother holds 15th memorial birthday party for son who ...

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    Among the 114 victims of the devastating wildfires in Maui is Kenyero Fuentes, whose family was getting ready to celebrate his birthday before the fire engulfed his home.. Fuentes was relaxing at ...

  9. Mother-son postmasters on Maui are devoted to duty - AOL

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    Being a part of an extended ohana that serves the community is a priority with a mother and son who are postmasters on Maui. Michelle Almeida, Kihei’s postmaster since 2018, and her son Chris ...