When Tāne ascended the open heavens, Tumatauenga and Rongomaraeroa remained with their mother, Papatūānuku. In their jealousy of Tāne being chosen to ascend the heavens, they together devised a plan...
These were two sisters who played a major role in Hau-te-ana-nui, the house of Tangaroa. Hine-te-Iwaiwa was the ancestor of all female affairs including childbirth, entertainment and all weavings. She...
Hinekauorohia was the guardian and holder of the sacred waters from all the realms except for Tikitiki-o-rangi. These were waters used in all the tohi ceremony performed at each progression...
Ko Paia te Rangi, Paia-ā-tau tēnei. Nāna a Te Rangi-tīramarama me Torotoro-ihi, the fire sticks i tiki i a Ranginui, hei hika i Te Ahi-kōmau manaaki for the baby. Nāna...
Ko Uepoto tēnei. Nāna te Hinātore i kite, i whai. Nāna te Whai-Ao i whai. Uepoto was the one who’s curiosity overwhelmed him. So strong was his desire to pursue...
Ko Hine-pū-te-hūe tēnei. This is the goddess of the hue (gourd), a holder of Te Riri o ngā Tungaane and all who partake in angry exchanges, in war and in...
Para te hau, para te ōue, para te rahurahu”. A pathway cannot be found easily without clearing a track through the undergrowth. The ear of Haumiatiketike (mushroom) dominates the undergrowth...
Huru-tea-a-rangi atua o te hau o te tio, o te huka. Daughter to Tāpuhi-kura and Noho-tauranga. Wife of Te Ihorangi, mother to snow frost and ice. Wife of Tonga-nui-kāea and...
Kēkere-wai and Toro-i-waho are middle children who initiated the debate of their discomfort in noho-tata-pu. The kōrero that founded two opposing opinions about change. Kēkere-wai who stirred the waters and...
Haepuru and Haematua are the second set of twins who gifted the skull, in the creation of Hine-ahu-one, to house the brain that Rōiho and Rōake gifted. These twins, who...
Tiwaiwaka the bringer of knowledge. In the first attempt by Mataora and Niwareka to leave Rarohenga Tiwaiwaka warned them of the journey being perilous at that time as the atua...
Tangaroa Artist: Mark KopuaMaterial: Canvas print Frame: Gallery wrapped over a timber frame Ko Tangaroa teenei, te atua o ngaa moana. Naana ngaa tamariki o te moana. Matua nui teenei o...
Tane Mahuta Artist: Mark KopuaMaterial: Canvas print Frame: Gallery wrapped over a timber frame Ko Taane-Mahuta, ko Taane-nui-a-rangi teenei. Lord of the forest, lord of its creatures, lord of Te Tini...
Ruaumoko Artist: Mark KopuaMaterial: Canvas print Frame: Gallery wrapped over a timber frame Ko Ruaumoko te pootiki o ngaa tamariki a Rangi raaua ko Papa. Ka noho tonu ia ki te...
Paia te Rangi Artist: Mark KopuaMaterial: Canvas print Frame: Gallery wrapped over a timber frame Ko Paia te Rangi, Paia-aa-tau teenei. Naana a Te Rangi-tiiramarama me Torotoro-ihi, the fire sticks, i...
