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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.
Puketapu-Hetet grew up in the Te Atiawa tribal settlement at Waiwhetū Marae near Lower Hutt and married Rangi Hetet, one of the carvers who had worked on the marae. Rangi's grandmother, Rangimārie Hetet , herself a distinguished practitioner of raranga, [ 5 ] taught Erenora the art of whatu kākahu korowai (cloaks).
Papa and Rangi held each other in a tight embrace. In Māori mythology the primal couple Rangi and Papa (or Ranginui and Papatūānuku) appear in a creation myth explaining the origin of the world and the Māori people [1] (though there are many different versions). In some South Island dialects, Rangi is called Raki or Rakinui. [2]
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.
Dame Iritana Te Rangi Tāwhiwhirangi DNZM MBE (born Irirangi Thatcher; 21 March 1929 – 1 February 2025) was a New Zealand advocate of Māori language education and the kōhanga reo movement. Biography
Hēnare Mātene Te Whiwhi (? – 28 September 1881), sometimes called Te Whiwhi-o-te-rangi, was a notable New Zealand Māori tribal leader, missionary and assessor. His mother was Rangi Topeora , niece of Te Rauparaha , sister of Te Rangihaeata and a very prominent woman of the Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Raukawa iwi .
The Io tradition was initially rejected by scholars including prominent Māori scholar Te Rangi Hīroa (Peter Buck), who wrote, "The discovery of a supreme God named Io in New Zealand was a surprise to Māori and Pākehā alike." [5] Buck believed that the Io tradition was restricted to the Ngāti Kahungunu as a response to Christianity.
Te Kuwatawata: Te Kuwatawata is the Guardian who holds the entrance to the underworld of the spirits at Poutere-rangi. [28] Tiwaiwaka: Tīwaiwaka is the Guardian of the base of the spirits ascent. [28] Whiro: Whiro is regarded as the personified form of darkness, evil, and death who dwells in the underworld. [29]