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  2. Manaia (mythological creature) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Category:Māori legendary creatures - Wikipedia

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  4. Manaia - Wikipedia

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    Manaia may refer to: Manaia (mythological creature), a bird-headed mythological creature and symbol of protection in Māori mythology; Places. Manaia, ...

  5. List of Māori deities - Wikipedia

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    Haumiatiketike, the god of uncultivated food, particularly bracken fern.; Papatūānuku, the primordial earth mother.; Ranginui, the primordial sky father ...

  6. Māori mythology - Wikipedia

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    At least two references to him from 1891 appear in Edward Tregear's The Maori-Polynesian comparative dictionary, where he is described as "God, the Supreme Being", [12]: 106 and as a figure in Moriori genealogy, but as Tiki's descendant. [12]: 669 A third reference might be found in the same book under Ngāti Maniapoto's genealogy.

  7. Manaia (legendary chief) - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. Hei matau - Wikipedia

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    Today, their main use is ornamental and they are commonly worn around the neck not only by Māori, but also by other New Zealanders who identify with the hei matau as a symbol of New Zealand. They are also popular items on the tourist market. Many modern pendants are not functional fish hooks.

  9. Hei-tiki - Wikipedia

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    maori.info Further information about hei-tiki, with pictures; Hei-tiki in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; Auckland War Memorial Museum hei-tiki collections; Curator Tharron Bloomfield discusses some of the hei-tiki in Auckland War Memorial Museum's collection; 19th Century greenstone hei-tiki from museum collections